Caergybi
[kiyr-guh-bee]
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'Holy headland', 'Cybi's fort', from Welsh caer 'fort, citadel, castle' + the name of a 6th-century saint, Cybi [kuh-bee]. St Cybi's cell and the present-day church stand inside the walls of a Roman fort. The English name comes from the holiness associated with the place. The first element originally had a long vowel, but in an unusual development the vowel shortened in popular usage to its present-day pronunciation. It also names a railway station.
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