mamgu

M3A1M3G2U1

noun

A grandmother.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounmamgu (plural mamgus)

plural mamgus

  1. South WalesA grandmother.

    For Nora, Nancy, and all the Mamgus.

    2021, Donna Amey Bhatt, How to Greet a Gran
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    And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of whisky, lightly laced with tea for the bronchi cough.

    2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere, page 203

    I'm not a religious man, or at least I am not a churchgoer. But I really felt my two mamgus, Annie and Lena, were looking down on me that day from heaven, […]

    2011, John Hartson, Please Don't Go: Big John's Journey Back to Life

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Welshmam-gu
  2. Englishmamgu

From Welsh mam-gu.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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