Taf

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Proper noun

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Taf

  1. A river in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, West Wales, which flows into Carmarthen Bay.
    • 1939 Septenber, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 202:
      It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising by very severe gradients to Crymmych Arms, near to which station is a striking horse-shoe curve.
    • 1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 483:
      Rhydowen, the next station, 10¼ miles from Whitland, has a goods loop and only a wooden building. The Taf is crossed beyond the station, and the railway passes from Carmarthenshire into Pembrokeshire, but the river is recrossed before Llanfyrnach is reached.

See also

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Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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Likely from the same Celtic source of the rivers Tafwys, Teifi, Dyfi, Tawe, from a root meaning "dark" or "water."[1][2] Also see Thames.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Taf

  1. River Taff

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Taf Daf Nhaf Thaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Fenwick, G. L. (1896). A History of the Ancient City of Chester from the Earliest Times. United Kingdom: Phillipson and Golder, p. 8
  2. ^ Denison, D. (2012). Analysing Older English. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 36