Editing Neath (section)

==Etymology==
The town's English name ultimately derives from "{{lang|cy|[[River Neath|Nedd]]}}" the original Welsh name for the River Neath and is known to be [[Proto-Celtic language|Celtic]] or [[Pre-Celtic]]. A meaning of 'shining' or 'brilliant' has been suggested, as has a link to the older [[Indo-European root]] {{lang|ine-x-proto|-nedi}} (simply meaning 'river').<ref>{{cite book|last=Wyn Owen|first=Hywel|author2=Richard Morgan|title=Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales|publisher=Gomer Press|location=Llandysul|year=2008|page=342}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales|editor1=John Davies |editor2=Nigel Jenkins |editor3=Menna Baines |editor4=Peredur I. Lynch |publisher=University of Wales Press|location=Cardiff|year=2008|page=603}}</ref>

As such, the town may share its etymology with the town of [[Stratton, Cornwall]] and the [[River Nidd]] in Northern England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshire-england.co.uk/Harrogate.html|title=Etymology|access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref><ref>[[Weatherhill, Craig]] (2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-names''. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype; p. 65</ref>