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

We shall have to confine our attention therefore to the heroic poetry of the Cymry.

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But this people always have called themselves "Y Cymry," of which the strictly literal meaning is aborigines.

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The primitive races of this continent are more properly designated by the word aborigines, as in the case of the Cymry.

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There are worse things under the skirts of Plinlimmon than the ancient cwrw of the Cymry.

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After which, finding they were evenly matched, the Irish withdrew two days' march northwards, and the Cymry as far westwards.

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