Rhondda

[ ron-duh; Welsh hron-thah ]

noun

1. a city in Rhondda Cynon Taf, in southeastern Wales.

Rhondda

/ ˈhrɔnða; ˈrɒndə /

noun

1. an urban area in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough on two branches of the Rhondda Valley : the area developed into a major coal-mining centre after 1807: the last coal mine closed in 1990. Pop (Rhondda ward): 4690 (2001)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rhondda¹

After the river of the same name, of uncertain origin; possibly connected to older Welsh rhawdd (unrecorded) “to relate, say” (compare modern Welsh adrodd ), with the implied sense of “babbling” or “noisy”

Example Sentences

An accomplished athlete in skiing and show jumping, Ella, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf is joining McLaren for its 2025 F1 Academy season.

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Callum Griffiths, 19, from Porth was killed in a crash in Coedely, Rhondda Cynon Taf, last December, alongside friends, Morgan Smith, 18 and Jesse Owen, 18.

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When she restarted her studies last year at further education college, Coleg y Cymoedd in Nantgarw in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Maddie was encouraged to apply for EMA.

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Gareth Jones, who formerly worked at Lady Windsor Colliery, Ynysybwl, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, said miners had for many years "cried out for this money to be distributed at a fairer proportion".

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Joanne Jones was last seen at 09:45 BST on Monday in Vale Gardens, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, prompting a search by police and the wider community.

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