Cymru
Sounds roughly like: come-ree?
IPA: /ˈkəmriː/ or /ˈkəmrɨː/ ?
CEFR band: A2
Welsh for Adults level: Sylfaen/Foundation
noun fem.
Wales
a. as a geographical area
Ble mae canol Cymru?
Where is the centre of Wales?
Bydd y bws yn teithio o gwmpas Cymru.
The bus will travel around Wales.
b. as a community or political entity the sum of Welsh society and institutions
Mae angen newid ar Gymru.
Wales needs change.
Beth yw lliw baner Cymru?
What colour is the flag of Wales?
c.
sports
a team representing Wales in international sporting competitions
Pryd fydd Cymru'n chwarae Lloegr?
When will Wales play England?
More about Cymru (click a category to expand...)
Roots?
plural form of Cymro(Welshman)
Family?
Cymraeg[noun]
Welsh; the Welsh language
Cymraes[noun]
Welshwoman
Cymreig[adjective]
Welsh
Cymro[noun]
Welshman
Cymry[noun]
Welsh people
Topics and themes?
countries and nations
Cymraeg (Welsh)
Cymreig (Welsh)
Gogledd Iwerddon (Northern Ireland)
Iwerddon (Ireland)
Lloegr (England)
Saesneg (English)
Seisnig (English)
yr Alban (Scotland)
Mutations
Gymru?
O Gymru dw i'n dod hefyd.
I come from Wales too.
Chymru?
Roedd hi 'n stori hollol wahanol gyda Chymru.
It was a totally different story with Wales.
Nghymru?
Roedd dathlu mawr yng Nghymru.
There was a big celebration in Wales.
Wales and the Welsh
The two words Cymru and Cymry have the same origin, and were originally used interchangeably. Nowadays, however, you should use Cymry to refer to Welsh people and Cymru to refer to the country.
Compounds?
Llywodraeth Cymru
the Welsh Government
Radio Cymru
the BBC's Welsh-language radio station
Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C)
literally "Channel 4 Wales" the Welsh-language television channel
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The project which inspired this dictionary was carried out by researchers at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the National Centre for Learning Welsh and the WJEC, and was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

The dictionary entries and example sentences are based on data from CorCenCC, the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh.

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