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{{Short description|Area of Wales}} {{Moresources|date=April 2022}} {{coord|53.0|-2.91|display=title|region:GB_scale:100000}} [[File:Wales.medieval.cymydau.jpg|thumb|Medieval commotes of Wales, with Maelor, only covering [[English Maelor]] in the north-east.]] The '''Maelor''' is an area of north-east [[Wales]] along the [[England-Wales border|border with England]]. It is now entirely part of [[Wrexham County Borough]]. The name ''Maelor'' is an old Welsh word: it can be translated as "land of the prince", from ''mael'' ("prince") and ''llawr'' ("low ground", "region").<ref name=owen115>Owen, Hywel Wynn (2017) ''Place-names of Flintshire'', Univ. of Wales Press, p.115</ref>
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