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Cym⋅ry

  [kim-ree]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
the Welsh, or the branch of the Celtic people to which the Welsh belong, comprising also the Cornish people and the Bretons.
Also, Kymry.

Origin:
< Welsh Cymry Welshmen, pl. of Cymro < British Celtic *combrogos, presumably “fellow countryman,” equiv. to *com- (c. L com- com- ) + *-brogos, deriv. of *brogā > Welsh, Cornish, Breton bro country, district; cf. Allobrogēs a Gaulish tribe, OIr mruig piece of inhabited or cultivated land
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Cym·ry   (kĭm'rē, sĭm'-)   
n.   (used with a pl. verb)

  1. The Brythonic Celts of Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany.

  2. The Welsh.


[Welsh, pl. of Cymro, the Welsh people, Wales; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]
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