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Cymbeline

Cymbeline proper noun: cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD.

Proper noun

Cymbeline

  1. Cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD

Origin of Cymbeline

From Welsh Cynfelyn. from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”), meaning something like "strong as a dog," composed of: * *kuno- (“dog”), oblique/plural stem of *ki, * and *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen, from Proto-Celtic *belo- (“powerful, strong”), connected by Delamarre to Gaulish names like Belisama and Belenus, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, be strong”).

Questions about Cymbeline

What does Cymbeline mean?
Cymbeline means cunobeline, a king of Britain in the 1st century AD.
What part of speech is Cymbeline?
Cymbeline is a proper noun.

Words near Cymbeline in the dictionary

  1. cymbalons
  2. cymbalos
  3. cymbals
  4. cymbalum
  5. cymbalums
  6. Cymbeline
  7. cymbelloid
  8. Cymbelstern
  9. cymbia
  10. cymbial
  11. cymbidium

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