Bryn is a
Welsh word meaning
hill
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Places
United Kingdom
England
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Bryn, Cheshire, a
location
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Bryn, Greater Manchester
Bryn is a suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the suburb at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 11,662. Served by Bryn railway station, Bryn is home to ...
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Bryn (ward), an electoral ward in Wigan
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Bryn railway station
Bryn railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Bryn, Greater Manchester, Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. The station is situated on the electrified Liverpool–Wigan line northeast of Liverpool Lime ...
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Bryn, Shropshire, a
location
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Wales
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Bryn, Caerphilly, a
location
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* Bryn, an electoral division of
Conwy County Borough Council
Conwy County Borough Council () is the local authority for Conwy County Borough, one of the principal areas of Wales.
History
Conwy County Borough was created in 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which replaced the previous two ...
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Bryn, Llanelli
Bryn (locally known using the ; meaning: "the Hill") is a village situated east of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is part of the Llanelli Rural () community, and it borders with the villages of Llangennech, Dafen, Penceilogi, Pen-y ...
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Bryn, Gwynedd, a
location
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The Bryn
The Bryn (also Llangattock-Juxta-Usk or Llangattock Nigh Usk) ( Welsh: Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysg), is a small village on the left bank of the River Usk in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. It is accessed by a cul-de-sac minor road from the B4598 road ...
, a village in Monmouthshire
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Bryn, Neath Port Talbot
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Bryn, Powys, a
location
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Bryn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, a
location
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Bryn, Swansea, a
location
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Elsewhere
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Bryn, Akershus
Bryn is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway
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Bryn, Oslo, Norway
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Bryn Station
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Bryn, Ukraine, a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
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Bryn (given name) Bryn is a given name of Welsh origin. Census information recorded 2 in 1851, 4 in 1861, 5 in 1871 and 8 in 1881, none being from Wales. When Liberal politician, John Roberts of Bryn Adda, Bangor, became MP for Caernarvonshire in 1885, he adopted Bry ...
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Bryn (surname) 'Bryn' is a surname of Welsh origin, meaning 'Hill'.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexia Bryn (1889–1983), Norwegian pair skater
* Alfred Jørgen Bryn (1862–1937), Norwegian patent engineer
* Halfdan Bryn (1864–1933), Norw ...
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* ''Bryn'', a 2003 album by Welsh bass-baritone
Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel Jones (; born 9 November 1965), is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially primarily associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly '' Figaro'', '' Leporello'' and ''Don Giovanni,'' but he has subsequ ...
* "Bryn", a 2008 song by Vampire Weekend from
''Vampire Weekend''
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Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Bryn Athyn is a home-rule borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formerly a borough, and its official name remains "Borough of Bryn Athyn". The population was 1,375 at the 2010 census. It was formed for religious re ...
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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr (, from Welsh language, Welsh for 'big hill') is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Pennsylvania, United States. It is located just west of Philadelphia along Lancaster Avenue, also known as U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania, U.S. ...
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Brin (disambiguation)
The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN, ) is a cabinet-level agency of the Government of Indonesia, Indonesian government, formed in 2019. Originally a new agency attached to the Ministry of Research and Technology (Indonesia), Minist ...
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Bryna (disambiguation) Bryna may refer to:
* Bryna (given name), an Irish feminine given name
* Laura Bryna, a U.S. country music singer
* ''Bryna'', a subgenus of the genus ''Polyommatus'', a genus of butterfly
* Bryna Productions (aka ''The Bryna Company''), a U.S. T ...
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Bryne (disambiguation)
Bryne may refer to:
Places
* Bryne, a town in Time municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
** Bryne F.K., a football club in the town of Bryne
** Bryne Stadion, a stadium in the town of Bryne
** Bryne Church, a church in the town of Bryne
People
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Brynn (disambiguation)
Brynn is an Anglicised spelling of the Welsh given name; 'Bryn'
Brynn may also refer to:
People
* Brynn Carman (born 1994), American pair skater
* Brynn Cartelli (born 2003), American singer
* Brynn Elliott (born 1994), American singer-songwri ...
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