Rhydowen

English

Etymology

From Welsh.

Proper noun

Rhydowen

1. A small settlement in Llanboidy community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1928).
   • 1952 July, J. F. Burrell, “The Cardigan Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 483:

     Rhydowen, the next station, 10¼ miles from Whitland, has a goods loop and only a wooden building. The Taf is crossed beyond the station, and the railway passes from Carmarthenshire into Pembrokeshire, but the river is recrossed before Llanfyrnach is reached.

2. A small village in Llandysul community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN4445).