Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Sgwrfa

Standard form
Sgwrfa
English form
Sgwrfa
Type
Settlement
Postcode
NP22
Grid reference
SO1410
Local authority
Blaenau Gwent

Notes

According to the rules of Welsh orthography s should be followed by the consonant g not by the consonant c. It is not easy, however, to hear the difference between the combination sg and the combination sc in speech (compare ysgol/yscol).

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