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hanes.

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5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhanɛs/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈhanas/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈhaːnɛs/South-Wales/ˈhanɛs/South-Wales

  1. history

    masculine · not-mutable

  2. chronicle, account, record, report

    masculine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh hanes, from Proto-Brythonic *hanes, from Proto-Celtic *sanestos.

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