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llyn

llyn noun: an upland lake in Wales.

Noun

llyn (plural llyns)

  1. An upland lake in Wales.
    • To enumerate all the llyns of Wales would take pages, but except Bala, there is scarcely one freshwater lake which is a main factor in any landscape of which it forms part.1884, Mountford John B. Baddeley, C. S. Ward, North Wales (part 1, page xi)

Forms of llyn

pluralllyns

Origin of llyn

Borrowed from Welsh llyn.

Words formed from llyn

Questions about llyn

What does llyn mean?
Llyn means an upland lake in Wales.
What part of speech is llyn?
Llyn is a noun.
What is the plural of llyn?
The plural of llyn is llyns.

Words near llyn in the dictionary

  1. Llwchwr
  2. LLWS
  3. Llwydcoed
  4. Llwyngwril
  5. LLY
  6. llyn
  7. Llyn Gwynant
  8. Llyn Padarn
  9. Llynclys
  10. Llynfi
  11. Llynfi Valley

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