 Many sources state the meaning of Rhondda as ' noisy ' , though this is a simplified translation without research . Sir Ifor Williams , in his work <unk> <unk> , suggests that the first syllable <unk> is a form of the Welsh <unk> or <unk> , as in ' recite , relate , recount ' , similar to the Old Irish <unk> ; ' speech ' . The suggestion is that the river is speaking aloud , a comparison to the English expression ' a babbling brook ' . 
