Glamorgan
Glamorgan is a traditional county in Wales. It is home to Cardiff, Wales' capital city, along with the city of Swansea. The Bristol Channel marks the southern edge of Glamorganshire, which features the 14-mile-long Glamorgan Heritage Coast and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Glamorgan
- Locality with about 1,320,000 residents
- Description: historic county in Wales
- Also known as“Glam”“Glamorganshire”“Morgannwg”“Morganwg”“Sir Forgannwg”
- Neighbors: Monmouthshire
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- Location
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Latitude of center
51.6667° or 51° 40′ north
Longitude of center
-3.6667° or 3° 40′ west
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Glamorgan” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գլամորգան”
- Asturian: “Glamorgan”
- Basque: “Glamorgan”
- Basque: “Sir Forgannwg”
- Belarusian: “Гламорган”
- Breton: “Sir Forgannwg”
- Bulgarian: “Гламорган”
- Catalan: “Glamorgan”
- Catalan: “Morgannwg”
- Catalan: “Sir Forgannwg”
- Chinese: “格拉摩根”
- Chinese: “格拉摩根郡”
- Chinese: “格拉莫根”
- Czech: “Glamorgan”
- Czech: “Glamorganshire”
- Danish: “Glamorgan”
- Dutch: “Glamorgan”
- Dutch: “Glamorganshire”
- Dutch: “Morgannwg”
- Esperanto: “Glamorgan”
- Esperanto: “Morgannwg”
- French: “Glamorgan”
- French: “Glamorganshire”
- Galician: “Sir Forgannwg”
- German: “Glamorgan”
- German: “Glamorganshire”
- German: “Morgannwg”
- Hebrew: “גלמורגן”
- Hindi: “ग्लेमोर्गनशायर”
- Hungarian: “Glamorgan”
- Indonesian: “Glamorgan”
- Irish: “Sir Forgannwg”
- Italian: “Glamorgan”
- Italian: “Glamorganshire”
- Japanese: “グラモーガン”
- Japanese: “グラモルガン”
- Japanese: “グランモーガンシャー”
- Korean: “글래머건 주”
- Korean: “글래머건”
- Korean: “글래모건 주”
- Korean: “글래모건”
- Korean: “글러모건주”
- Kurdish: “Glamorgan”
- Latin: “Glamorganensis comitatus”
- Latin: “Glamorgania”
- Latin: “Glamorgantia”
- Lithuanian: “Glamorganas”
- Northern Frisian: “Glamorgan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glamorgan”
- Norwegian: “Glamorgan”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Glædmо̄rgansċīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Glamorgan”
- Persian: “گلامورگن”
- Polish: “Glamorgan”
- Polish: “Glamorganshire”
- Portuguese: “Glamorgan”
- Portuguese: “Glamorganshire”
- Russian: “Гламорган”
- Russian: “Гламорганшир”
- Scots: “Glamorgan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sir Forgannwg”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Glamorgan”
- Slovenian: “Glamorgan”
- Spanish: “Glamorgan”
- Spanish: “Glamorganshire”
- Swedish: “Glamorgan”
- Swedish: “Glamorganshire”
- Swedish: “Morgannwg”
- Ukrainian: “Гламорган”
- Ukrainian: “Ґламорґан”
- Urdu: “گلامورگن”
- Venetian: “Glamorgan”
- Vietnamese: “Glamorgan”
- Welsh: “Morgannwg”
- Welsh: “Sir Forgannwg”
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