cwm

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A cwm on the south side of Rhinog Fawr, in Wales.

EtymologyEdit

From Welsh cwm (“valley”).

PronunciationEdit

• British: IPA^(key): /kʊm/^[1]
• American: enPR: ko͞om, IPA^(key): /kuːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

NounEdit

cwm (plural cwms)

1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.

SynonymsEdit

• (valley): cirque, coombe, corrie

TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Oxford Dictionaries. "Cwm". Accessed 7 Sept. 2013.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Breton komm (“trough”), Irish com, coim (“chest cavity”), English coombe and French combe, of Celtic origin), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (compare English hump, Latin incumbere (“to lie down”)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [kʊm]

NounEdit

cwm m (plural cymau or cymoedd)

1. valley, dale, glen

DescendantsEdit

• English: cwm

MutationEdit