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Prydain.

Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈprədai̯n/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈprədɛn/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈprədai̯n/South-Wales, standard/ˈprədɛn/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

    broadly · feminine
    Maen nhw'n byw ym Mhrydain Fawr.
  2. Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh Prydein, from early Proto-Brythonic *Pritanī, a variant of *Pritenī, which survives in Prydyn (“Picts”) and as an early borrowing in Old Irish Cruthin, Irish Cruithne (“Picts”), perhaps from a Proto-Celtic *Kʷritanī, *Kʷritenī, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do”). The Modern Welsh continuation of Latin Brittānia, in contrast, is Brython. Also see Brittō (“a Briton”).

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