Mumbles

Mumbles or The Mumbles (Welsh: Y Mwmbwls) is a large village and community in Swansea, Wales which takes its name from the adjacent headland stretching into Swansea Bay. The headland is thought by some to have been named by French sailors, after the shape of the two anthropomorphic islands which comprise the headland. Another possible source of the name is from the word Mamucium which is thought to derive from the Celtic language meaning breast-shaped hill. The area includes the ruin of Oystermouth Castle and the Mumbles Lighthouse, and is made up of the Mayals, Newton, Oystermouth and West Cross electoral wards, and has an elected community council.