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Cymry
[ kim-ree ]
noun
- the Welsh, or the branch of the Celtic people to which the Welsh belong, comprising also the Cornish people and the Bretons.
Cymry
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- the Brythonic branch of the Celtic people, comprising the present-day Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons See Brythonic
- the Welsh people
Word History and Origins
Origin of Cymry1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Cymry1
Example Sentences
The fruits of his labours in this department are well known—“Collectanea Cambrica,” “Early History of the Cymry,” and “Cambrian Popular Antiquities.”
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.”
“Aber,” however, was the greatest favorite with the ancient Celts, as with the modern Cymry!
The remains at Stonehenge have been from time immemorial called by the Cymry the Côr Gawr, Circle or Dance of Giants.
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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