Cymry

American  

[kim-ree] / ˈkɪm ri /

Or Kymry

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.

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Cymry British  

/ ˈkɪmrɪ /

noun

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

2. the Welsh people

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Etymology

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

The Welsh language is the oldest in the UK, with its origins dating back 4,000 years, and the word Cymry was used to describe its people from the 7th Century.

From BBC

Y bardd cloff, was, like his equally generous countryman and friend, Mr. David Jones, of the House of Commons, universally known by the Cymry, both in London and the principality. 

From Project Gutenberg

A later Welsh scholar affirms, “beyond all doubt there has been an era when science diffused a light among the Cymry—in a very early period of the world.”

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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