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Llanbedr-y-cenninLlanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy (Conway) valley, in North Wales, UK. The river Conwy runs through the valley, running into the sea to the north, at the town Conwy, which is approx. 5 miles north of the village. The village lies just on the eastern edge of the Snowdonia National Park. The village grew out of a mainly pastoral industry (mostly sheep farming and dairy produce). It has a church (Anglican), a chapel (Methodist), and a local pub (Ye Olde Bull Inn) which serves Lees real ales (from a Manchester brewery). In the 1960s, the village's only shop used to be a bakery and Post Office also, but the bakery has been discontinued. In the hills to the west above and beyond the village are roads and walking tracks giving access to the hills and lakes of the Snowdonia National Park.
See "Dictionary of Welsh and English for learners of Welsh" for meaning (as at 2005/01/06), at: http://www.estelnet.com/catalunyacymru/catala/gbs_ce_1071.htm cenhinen nhi -nen feminine noun PLURAL cennin ke-nin 1 allium porrum = leek y genhinen = the leek 2 the leek as the national emblem of Wales; probably because white and green were the colours of the Welsh chiefs in the medieval period 3 mor lased r cennin ("as green as the leeks") 4 Llanbedr y Cennin (SH7569) village in the county of Conwy ("the Llanbedr of the leeks"; Llanbedr = the church of Saint Peter) ETYMOLOGY: British *kannin-. ..1/ Cornish kinenn = leek, kinenn ewinek = garlic; ..2/ Breton kignen = garlic, ..3/ Irish cainnean = leek cenhinen Bedr nh -nen be-der feminine noun PLURAL cennin Pedr pe-der 1 daffodil (narcissus pseudonarcissus) 2 this flower as a national symbol of Wales ETYMOLOGY: "(the) leek (of) (Saint) Peter") (cenhinen = leek) + soft mutation + (Pedr = Saint Peter)
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