Cim or Y Cim is the name of two relatively small areas of two Caernarfonshire communities in

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

, north

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. The name means "common land" or "land shared between local inhabitants". Cim in

Llandwrog Llandwrog (; Welsh language: meaning 'The church of Saint Twrog') is a village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label Sain and the site of Caernarfon Airport. It has ...

parish is still an unenclosed area of waste and marshy ground, while Cim in Llanllyfni parish has been absorbed into local farms. A local bridge, built in 1612 and still standing, is known as "Pont y Cim". The same place-name element is to be found elsewhere in Wales: for example

Cimla Cimla is a suburb of the town of Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is set high up on a hill. It is pronounced Kim-la. The Welsh language spelling is Cymla, pronounced the same way. Its meaning is a place with common land, ...

, Y Cimdda (Commonland near Llantrisant, (both in the old county of Glamorgan) and Coed y Cymdda on the outskirts of

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

.Glenda Carr, Hen Enwau o Arfon, Llŷn ac Eifionydd, (Gwasg y Bwthyn, Caernarfon, 2011), p.119

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