# Pontypool

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #87,689

## Definitions
1. A town in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2900).
2. A village in the city of Kawartha Lakes, previously Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.

## Etymology
From Welsh Pont-y-pŵl. From pont y pŵl (literally “bridge of the pool”), from Latin pōns (“bridge”) and English pool.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pontypool