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pwll.

pool, pond, puddle, pit

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʊɬ/North-Wales/pʊɬ/South-Wales/puːɬ/South-Wales
  1. pool, pond, puddle, pit

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh pwll, from Proto-Brythonic *pull, from Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) or Old Norse pollr (whence Icelandic pollur), from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”). Cognate with Breton poull and Cornish, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic poll.

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