Rhon·dda (r n d , hrn ä) A municipal borough of southern Wales northwest of Cardiff. Coal mining was particularly important to its economy in the 1920s and 1930s. Population: 59,600. |
Rhondda [ˈrɒndə]
n
(Placename) an urban area in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough on two branches of the Rhondda Valley: developed into a major coal-mining centre after 1807 and grew to a population of 167 900 in 1924: the last coal mine closed in 1990. Pop.: 59 947 (1991)
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