Welsh

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Etymology

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From ynys (island) and a descendant of Proto-Brythonic *manawiā or *manawā.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ynys Manaw f

  1. Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Ynys Manaw unchanged unchanged Hynys Manaw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Kenneth Jackson, Language and history in early Britain (Dublin: Four Courts, 1994), 376.