Llanview, Pennsylvania is the fictional setting for the long-running
American soap opera One Life to Live. The city exists in the same
fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC
daytime dramas, including Pine Valley, Pennsylvania from All My
Children, Port Charles, New York from General Hospital, and Corinth,
Pennsylvania from Loving.The community is a fictional suburb of
Philadelphia. It is thought to be modelled after the Chestnut Hill
section of the city, although the prevalence of Welsh placename
elements may suggest an inspiration from the Welsh settlements in the
area such as the Upper Merion and Lower Merion Townships, north west
of the City.The name Llanview is a conjunction of Welsh language
placename element Llan (a sacred enclosure) with English -view, for a
meaning of Sacred-View or View of the Sacred Place. Other in-universe
locations, such as the Lord estate of Llanfair (-fair is a Welsh
lenition of Mair, the Welsh version of Mary, with Llanfair meaning The
sacred place of St Mary), suggest a Welsh historical element. It has
yet to be revealed if Llanview the town overlooked Llanfair the
estate. It is said to be the county seat of Llantano County and
located on the Llantano River, across from All My Childrens Pine
Valley. In the fictional universe, the mayor of the town was Llanview
physician Dorian Lord. Dorian later resigned her position to take over
a Senate seat in Washington, D.C. after the then-current senator was
caught in a sex scandal. As a result, Kathleen Finn became the town's
current mayor.
American soap opera One Life to Live. The city exists in the same
fictional universe as cities from other existing or defunct ABC
daytime dramas, including Pine Valley, Pennsylvania from All My
Children, Port Charles, New York from General Hospital, and Corinth,
Pennsylvania from Loving.The community is a fictional suburb of
Philadelphia. It is thought to be modelled after the Chestnut Hill
section of the city, although the prevalence of Welsh placename
elements may suggest an inspiration from the Welsh settlements in the
area such as the Upper Merion and Lower Merion Townships, north west
of the City.The name Llanview is a conjunction of Welsh language
placename element Llan (a sacred enclosure) with English -view, for a
meaning of Sacred-View or View of the Sacred Place. Other in-universe
locations, such as the Lord estate of Llanfair (-fair is a Welsh
lenition of Mair, the Welsh version of Mary, with Llanfair meaning The
sacred place of St Mary), suggest a Welsh historical element. It has
yet to be revealed if Llanview the town overlooked Llanfair the
estate. It is said to be the county seat of Llantano County and
located on the Llantano River, across from All My Childrens Pine
Valley. In the fictional universe, the mayor of the town was Llanview
physician Dorian Lord. Dorian later resigned her position to take over
a Senate seat in Washington, D.C. after the then-current senator was
caught in a sex scandal. As a result, Kathleen Finn became the town's
current mayor.
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