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Perth and Kinross Aburnethige (c.970). ‘Confluence of the River Nethy’. Pictish aber. The river name means ‘pure’ (Pictish nectona). Nectonos is also the name of a Celtic water divinity.
| Aberlour, Abergele, Abergavenny | |
| Abersychan, Abertillery, Aberystwyth |
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