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Glais is a small semi-rural village of less than 1,000 people located in Swansea, Wales. [1]

41 relations: Alltwen, Anglican Communion, Asda, Baptist Union of Wales, Bowling green, British and Irish Lions, City and County of Swansea Council, Clydach, Swansea, First Cymru, Glais Stadium, Gower (Assembly constituency), Gower (UK Parliament constituency), Greyhound racing, Horse racing, Llandeilo, M4 motorway, Merthyr Pioneer, MI5, Moraine, Morriston Hospital, Pedestrianism, Pitch (sports field), Pontardawe, Public transport bus service, Quaternary glaciation, River Tawe, RMS Titanic, Roundabout, Rowe Harding, Rugby union, Site of Special Scientific Interest, St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea, Tennis court, Tesco, Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais), Wales, Welsh language, West Glamorgan, Winger (sports), Ynysforgan.

Alltwen

Alltwen (or Allt-wen) – meaning "white wooded slope" – is a village in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, near Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion with 85 million members, founded in 1867 in London, England.

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Asda

Asda Stores Ltd. trading as Asda, is a British supermarket retailer, headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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Baptist Union of Wales

The Baptist Union of Wales (Undeb Bedyddwyr Cymru) is a fellowship of Baptist churches in Wales.

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Bowling green

A bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.

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British and Irish Lions

The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, and Wales – and Ireland.

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City and County of Swansea Council

The City and County of Swansea Council (Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe) is the governing body for one of the Principal Areas of Wales covering Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area.

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Clydach, Swansea

Clydach is a large village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, falling within Clydach ward and the Llangyfelach Parish.

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First Cymru

First Cymru is an operator of bus services in South West Wales.

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Glais Stadium

Glais Stadium was a sports stadium and greyhound racing in Glais, near Swansea, Wales.

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Gower (Assembly constituency)

Gower is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Gower (UK Parliament constituency)

Gower (Gŵyr) is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by one member of parliament (MP).

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Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhound dogs are raced around a track.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a community and town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge.

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M4 motorway

The M4 is a motorway which runs between London and South Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Merthyr Pioneer

The Merthyr Pioneer was a weekly Socialist newspaper founded by Keir Hardie that was published in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, from 1911 to 1922.

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MI5

The Security Service, also MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI).

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Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (regolith and rock) that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth (i.e. a past glacial maximum), through geomorphological processes.

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Morriston Hospital

Morriston Hospital (Ysbyty Treforys) is a 750-bed hospital located in Cwmrhydyceirw near Morriston in Swansea, Wales.

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Pedestrianism

Pedestrianism was a 19th-century form of competitive walking, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed.

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Pitch (sports field)

A pitch or a sports ground is an outdoor playing area for various sports.

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Pontardawe

Pontardawe (– "bridge on the Tawe") is a town that houses some 5,000 inhabitants in the Swansea Valley (Welsh: Cwmtawe) in Wales.

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Public transport bus service

Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable.

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Quaternary glaciation

The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Quaternary Ice Age or Pleistocene glaciation, is a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present.

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River Tawe

The River Tawe (Welsh: Afon Tawe) is a river in the south of Wales.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Roundabout

A roundabout, also called a traffic circle, road circle, rotary, rotunda or island, is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island.

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Rowe Harding

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground

St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground is a sports venue in Swansea, Wales, owned and operated by the City and County of Swansea Council.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.

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Tennis court

A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.

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Tesco

Tesco plc, trading as Tesco, is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer with headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais)

Thomas Evan Nicholas (6 October 1879 – 19 April 1971), who used the bardic name "Niclas y Glais" ('"Nicholas of Glais"'), was a Welsh language poet, preacher, radical, and champion of the disadvantaged of society.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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West Glamorgan

West Glamorgan (Gorllewin Morgannwg) is a preserved county and former administrative county of Wales, one of the divisions of the ancient county of Glamorgan.

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Winger (sports)

In certain sports, such as football, field hockey, ice hockey, handball, rugby union, lacrosse and rugby league, winger is a position.

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Ynysforgan

Ynysforgan is a village in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glais

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