West Wales
West Wales (Welsh: Gorllewin Cymru) is a region of Wales.
It has various definitions, either covering Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth,[1]: 87, 95 and an alternative definition is to include Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, but exclude Ceredigion.[2][3] The West Wales and the Valleys NUTS area includes more westerly parts of North Wales.[4]
The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a county, with a county council and six district councils.
Historic use
Historically, the term West Wales was applied to the Kingdom of Cornwall during the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain and the period of the Heptarchy.[5] The Old English word Wealas, a Germanic term for inhabitants of the Western Roman Empire, which the Anglo-Saxons came to apply especially to the Britons, gave its name to Wales and is also the origin of the second syllable in the name Cornwall.
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See also
- Geography of Wales
- Kingdom of Dyfed
- Mid Wales
- North Wales
- Principality of Deheubarth
- South Wales
- South West Wales
- Traws Link Cymru
- West Wales Raiders
Notes
- ^ Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales. Penguin History. ISBN 978-0-14-014581-6.
- ^ "wwcc.co.uk domain is for sale | Buy with Epik.com". wwcc.co.uk.
- ^ "Future Skills Wales Project Summary Report for West Wales 1998-2007" (PDF).
- ^ ONS NUTS guide to Wales statistical groupings
- ^ "The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926".
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