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gwaun.

moor, heath

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡwaɨ̞n/North-Wales/ɡwai̯n/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/ɡwei̯n/South-Wales, also, colloquial
  1. moor, heath

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gwawn, from Old Welsh guoun, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).

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