Dulas () or City Dulas
[ Ordnance Survey mapping] is a village in
Anglesey, in north-west
Wales. It is situated on the
A5025 road, near the coast (
Dulas Bay
Dulas Bay (Welsh: ''Bae Dulas'') is a small bay on the north east coast of Anglesey (''Ynys Môn''), north Wales, forming the boundary between Llaneilian and Moelfre communities. The bay is bordered by three beaches.
Overview
The north-western ...
) at only above sea level. It is in the
community of
Llaneilian.
Origin of the name
The village has never held the
status of a city and "City" is not a recognisable
Welsh word, so its origin is unclear. It may be that the name came from an
Anglicisation
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...
of ''Saith Tŷ'', which is Welsh for "Seven Houses".
There are two places in Wales simply called 'City':
City, Powys
City is a hamlet in Powys, Wales.
Geography
City is from the small village of Sarn (which is situated on the A489 road) and is on the slopes up to the Clun Forest and the English border, which is only to the southeast. The hamlet is situated ...
and
City, Vale of Glamorgan
City is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom.
Location
It is quite near to the town of Cowbridge.
Origin of the name
The village has never held the status of a city and "City" is not a recognisable Welsh word, so ...
.
References
Villages in Anglesey
Llaneilian
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