Cymry

or Kym·ry

[ kim-ree ]

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

Words Nearby Cymry

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How to use Cymry in a sentence

We shall have to confine our attention therefore to the heroic poetry of the Cymry.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
But this people always have called themselves "Y Cymry," of which the strictly literal meaning is aborigines.
America Discovered by the Welsh in 1170 A.D. | Benjamin Franklin Bowen
The primitive races of this continent are more properly designated by the word aborigines, as in the case of the Cymry.
America Discovered by the Welsh in 1170 A.D. | Benjamin Franklin Bowen
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
After which, finding they were evenly matched, the Irish withdrew two days' march northwards, and the Cymry as far westwards.
After London | Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for Cymry

Cymry

Kymry

/ (ˈkɪmrɪ) /

nounthe Cymry (functioning as plural)

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

Origin of Cymry

Welsh: the Welsh

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