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Llydaw.

Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɬədau̯/

  1. Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)

    feminine
    Mae Llydaw yn Ffrainc.

  2. Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Welsh Litau, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨdaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī (“continent, country”), related to *ɸlitanos (“broad”) (whence llydan). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pər^əθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī). The semantic shift is “continent” → “mainland Europe” → “areas in mainland Europe where Britons live” → “Brittany”.

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