Dinas
Encyclopedia
Dinas may refer to one of several places:
Wales
Cornwall
Philippines
Wales
- Dinas, Carmarthenshire
- Dinas, GwyneddDinas, GwyneddDinas is a large hamlet near Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales.It is in the ancient parish and modern community of Llanwnda and is served by the parish church of St...
- Dinas railway stationDinas railway stationDinas is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, which was built in 1877 as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Moel Tryfan Undertaking to carry dressed slate for trans-shipment to the LNWR. Passenger services ceased on 26 September 1936 until which time Dinas had been a joint...
, Gwynedd
- Dinas railway station
- Dinas CrossDinas CrossDinas Cross is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated between Fishguard and Newport in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is a popular holiday destination on the A487. The village has its own elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire...
, Pembrokeshire - Dinas PowysDinas PowysDinas Powys is a large village and a community in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales which takes its name from the Dinas Powys hillfort that dates from the Iron Age...
, Vale of Glamorgan- Dinas Powys railway stationDinas Powys railway stationDinas Powys railway station is a railway station serving the village of Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 7 km south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend and Barry Island....
- Dinas Powys railway station
- Dinas RhonddaDinas RhonddaDinas is a village near Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Dinas is often referred to as Dinas Rhondda as in the railway station such as to avoid confusion with Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan...
, Rhondda Cynon Taf- Dinas Rhondda railway stationDinas Rhondda railway stationDinas Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving the Dinas, Penygraig and Trealaw districts of Tonypandy, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. The station has one platform with one small station shelter and is accessible by a small connector road...
- Dinas Rhondda railway station
Cornwall
- Dinas, Cornwall (disambiguation)
Philippines
- Dinas, Zamboanga del SurDinas, Zamboanga del SurDinas is a 4th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,570 people in 6,033 households.-History:...
Meaning
- The word dinas (plural -oedd) in modern Welsh is a feminine noun meaning "city", but in Old and Middle Welsh it is a masculine noun meaning "fort or citadel", and this is the meaning in the above Welsh place-names.