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Wysg.

Usk (a river in Powys and Monmouthshire, Wales, that empties into the Severn at Newport)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

name/uːɨ̯sɡ/North-Wales[uːɨ̯sk]North-Wales/ʊi̯sɡ/South-Wales[ʊi̯sk]South-Wales
  1. Usk (a river in Powys and Monmouthshire, Wales, that empties into the Severn at Newport)

    feminine
  2. Exe (a river in Somerset and Devon, England, rising in Exmoor and flowing into the English Channel near Exmouth)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh Wysk, from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos (“fish”); cognate with Irish iasc (“fish”).

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