llyn

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noun

An upland lake in Wales.

OriginWelsh llyn →
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Meanings

nounllyn (plural llyns)

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)

Origin

  1. Welshllyn
  2. Welshllyn
  3. Englishllyn

Borrowed from Welsh llyn.

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APA

llyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llyn

MLA

“llyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llyn. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “llyn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llyn.

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