Cymry

or Kym·ry

[ kim-ree ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

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

Cymry

/ ˈkɪmrɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cymry¹

< 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cymry¹

Welsh: the Welsh

Example Sentences

The fruits of his labours in this department are well known—“Collectanea Cambrica,” “Early History of the Cymry,” and “Cambrian Popular Antiquities.”

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Gray first attuned the Cymry harp to British notes, more poetical than the poems themselves, while others have devoted their pens to translation, unhappily not always master of the language of their version.

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“Aber,” however, was the greatest favorite with the ancient Celts, as with the modern Cymry!

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The remains at Stonehenge have been from time immemorial called by the Cymry the Côr Gawr, Circle or Dance of Giants.

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And this was Taliesin, prime bard of the Cymry; and the first of the poems he made was a lay of praise to Elphin and promise of good fortune for the future.

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