Argoed is a
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
word, meaning 'by a wood'. It is the name of several places:
Places
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Argoed, Caerphilly
Argoed is a village, community and an electoral ward in the Sirhowy Valley between Blackwood and Tredegar in Caerphilly County Borough in south Wales. The population of the community and ward at the 2011 census was 2,769. As a community, Argoe ...
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Argoed railway station
Argoed railway station served the village of Argoed in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. it succeeded the first Argoed station built by the Sirhowy Tramroad, which operated from 1822 to 1855.
History
The station was opened on 19 June ...
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Argoed, Flintshire
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Argoed High School
Argoed High School is a secondary school in Flintshire, Wales. In January 2022, a proposal for a new superschool was accepted, incorporating nearby Ysgol Mynydd Isa.
History
It was built in Bryn-y-baal in 1978 as the then Clwyd County's first ...
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Argoed, Shropshire
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Argoed, Powys
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The Argoed, Penallt is a house near Monmouth, Wales
* Afan Argoed Country Park is the local name for
Afan Forest Park near Port Talbot
Other
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Argoat, the inland part of Brittany in France. It's a
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymology, etymological ancestor in a proto-language, common parent language. Because language c ...
of Argoed
Other uses
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Battle of Argoed Llwyfain
The Battle of Argoed Llwyfain was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Rheged under the command of Urien and Owain mab Urien and the forces of the Kingdom of Bernicia under ''Fflamddwyn'' (Firestealer or Flamebearer).
Most of what is known ...
'' is a poem by Taliesen about
Owain mab Urien
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