Monnow
Proper noun
Meaning
Monnow
A river flowing through Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, which joins the River Wye at Monmouth.
Examples
Accessed 11 January 2012 The town has a variety of both national and independent shops, many of which are located in Monnow Street.
Monnow Street is a typical market street, in being wide in the middle (for those selling) and narrow at each end, to help prevent livestock escaping.
These improved communications contributed to the development of the town, with suburbs extending beyond the rivers Wye and Monnow to the south-east, west and north of the old town centre.
The town was originally known in Welsh as Abermynwy ("mouth of the Monnow"), replaced by Trefynwy ("Monnow town" – the initial m of Mynwy mutating in Welsh to f pronounced /v/) by the 1600s.