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Monnow

Proper noun

Meaning

Monnow

A river flowing through Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, United Kingdom, which joins the River Wye at Monmouth.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Accessed 11 January 2012 The town has a variety of both national and independent shops, many of which are located in Monnow Street. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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. Source: Internet

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