Cymry

or Kym·ry

[ kim-ree ]

/ ˈkɪm ri /

noun (used with a plural verb)

the Welsh, or the branch of the Celtic people to which the Welsh belong, comprising also the Cornish people and the Bretons.

Origin of Cymry

< Welsh Cymry Welshmen, plural of Cymro < British Celtic *combrogos, presumably “fellow countryman,” equivalent to *com- (cognate with Latin com- com-) + *-brogos, derivative of *brogā > Welsh, Cornish, Breton bro country, district; compare Allobrogēs a Gaulish tribe, Old Irish mruig piece of inhabited or cultivated land

Example sentences from the Web for cymry

Thus ages before writing was known, the Cymry preserved their history and handed down what the wise ones taught.

Welsh Fairy Tales |William Elliott Griffis
About this time, also, died Cadwaladyr, the last of the Cymry who aspired to the sovereignty of Britain.

History of the Anglo-Saxons |Thomas Miller
No people ever loved babies more than these Cymry folk and it was they who invented the cradle.

Welsh Fairy Tales |William Elliott Griffis
There are worse things under the skirts of Plinlimmon than the ancient cwrw of the Cymry.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 |Various

Long, long ago before the Cymry came into the beautiful land of Wales, there were dark-skinned people living in caves.

Welsh Fairy Tales |William Elliott Griffis

British Dictionary definitions for cymry

Cymry

Kymry

/ (ˈkɪmrɪ) /

noun the Cymry (functioning as plural)

the Brythonic branch of the Celtic people, comprising the present-day Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons See Brythonic

the Welsh people

Word Origin for Cymry

Welsh: the Welsh

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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Cymry

or Kym·ry

noun (used with a plural verb)

Origin of Cymry

Example sentences from the Web for cymry

British Dictionary definitions for cymry

Kymry

noun the Cymry (functioning as plural)

Word Origin for Cymry