Prestatyn

English

Etymology

From Welsh Prestatyn. Doublet of Preston.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹɛsˈtætɪn/

Proper noun

Prestatyn

  1. A coastal town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0682).
    • Philip Larkin, Sunny Prestatyn
      Come To Sunny Prestatyn / Laughed the girl on the poster, / Kneeling up on the sand / In tautened white satin.

References

Welsh

Etymology

From Old English Prēosta tūn (literally “priests’ town”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Prestatyn

  1. Prestatyn (town in Denbighshire)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Prestatyn Brestatyn Mhrestatyn Phrestatyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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