- the Brythonic branch of the Celtic people, comprising the present-day Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons
See Brythonic - the Welsh people
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Cym•ry
(kim′rē),USA pronunciation n. (used with a pl. v.)
- Language Varietiesthe Welsh, or the branch of the Celtic people to which the Welsh belong, comprising also the Cornish people and the Bretons.
- British Celtic *combrogos, presumably "fellow countryman,'' equivalent. to *com- (cognate with Latin com- com-) + *-brogos, derivative of *brogā
Welsh, Cornish, Breton bro country, district; compare Allobrogēs a Gaulish tribe, Old Irish mruig piece of inhabited or cultivated land - Welsh Cymry Welshmen, plural of Cymro
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Cymry, Kymry /ˈkɪmrɪ/ n the Cymry ⇒ (functioning as plural)
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