Neath

//niːθ// name, prep

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Definitions

Preposition
  1. 1
    Beneath. poetic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7597).
  2. 2
    A river in Neath Port Talbot borough, which flows into Baglan Bay.
  3. 3
    A locality in the Cessnock council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

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belowunderunderneath

Example

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""And there / 'neath Hector's kin three hundred years complete / the kingdom shall endure, till Ilia fair, / queen-priestess, twins by Mars' embrace shall bear.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English neoþan, from Proto-Germanic *niþanē.

Etymology 2

From Welsh Nedd.

Related phrases

Cadoxton-juxta-NeathGlyn NeathNeath AbbeyNeath Port TalbotVale of Neathunited kingdom

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