1. Aberdare - Noun
2. Aberdare - Proper noun
a mining town in southern Wales
Source: WordNetAberdare Co-operative store fire, 11 May 1919 Government As a small village in the upland valleys of Glamorgan, Aberdare did not play any significant part in political life until its development as an industrial settlement. Source: Internet
At the last National Eisteddfod held in Aberdare in 1956 Mathonwy Hughes won the chair. Source: Internet
Davies, op cit, p 400 Coal mined in Aberdare parish rose from convert in 1844 to convert in 1850, Davies, op cit, p 384 and the coal trade, which after 1875 was the chief support of the town, soon reached huge dimensions. Source: Internet
According to initial reports, the pilots of the plane may have drifted off-course and this may have resulted in crashing the plane in Aberdare. Source: Internet
Culture Caradog statue in Victoria Square Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture : it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, with which David Williams (Alaw Goch) was closely associated. Source: Internet
From 1852 until 1868 the seat was held by Henry Austen Bruce whose main industrial interests lay in the Aberdare valley. Source: Internet