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galanas

/ɡaˈlanas/

galanas noun: the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law.

Noun

galanas (plural galanases)

  1. (historical) the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law

Forms of galanas

pluralgalanases

Origin of galanas

From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”).

Questions about galanas

What does galanas mean?
Galanas means the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law.
What part of speech is galanas?
Galanas is a noun.
How do you pronounce galanas?
Galanas is pronounced /ɡaˈlanas/.
What is the plural of galanas?
The plural of galanas is galanases.

Words near galanas in the dictionary

  1. galamseyer
  2. galamseyers
  3. galamseys
  4. galamustine
  5. Galan
  6. galanas
  7. galanases
  8. galanergic
  9. Galang
  10. galanga
  11. galangal

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