Cymry
Americannoun
noun
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the Brythonic branch of the Celtic people, comprising the present-day Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons See Brythonic
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the Welsh people
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
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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 ● Dec. 7, 2025
Even now, new developments occasionally nod to the settlers - including Llewelyn Road, Cymry Drive, Llanelly Lane and Derwydd Lane.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2023
Cardiff's Clwb Rygbi Cymry Caerdydd were due to fly out of Bordeaux on Sunday.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2022
Caeo Harri Hughes, 24, said Clwb Rygbi Cymry Caerdydd members were disappointed at the lack of support from EasyJet.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2022
The earliest recorded poet of the Cymry, after the days of Gwyddon Ganhebon and the other personages mentioned with him in the triad, is Merddin, Beirdd Emrys Wledig, or Merddin, Bard of Prince Emrys.
From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by George Henry Borrow
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