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pau.

land, nation

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/paɨ̯/North-Wales/pai̯/South-Wales
  1. land, nation

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh peu, from Proto-Brythonic *pọɣ, from Latin pāgus (“district, province”). Cognate with Cornish pow.

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