Cymru

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Cymru.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkʌm.ɹi/

Proper noun

Cymru

  2. (rare) Wales

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

Equivalent to cyn- (“with, together”) +‎ bro (“country”). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kom- (associative prefix) + *mrogis (“region, country”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-N" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkəmri/
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  • Rhymes: -əmrɨ
  • Homophone: Cymry

Proper noun

Cymru f

  1. Wales

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Cymru Gymru Nghymru Chymru
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280
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