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Angau.

Death, the personification of death

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaŋaɨ̯/North-Wales, standard/ˈaŋɛ/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈaŋa/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈaŋai̯/South-Wales, standard
  1. Death, the personification of death

Where this word comes from

Nominalisation of angau (“death”). Cognate with English Ankou, a Celtic loan through French.

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