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    Proto-Celtic *dubnos 'deep'. In the Brittonic languages, Devon is known as Welsh: Dyfnaint, Breton: Devnent and Cornish: Dewnens, each meaning 'deep valleys'. (For...
    87 KB (9,136 words) - 08:28, 23 October 2024
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    from his understanding of the Welsh of his time. The modern Welsh term is Dyfnaint. John Rhŷs later theorized that the tribal name was derived from the name...
    20 KB (2,504 words) - 20:09, 7 October 2024
  • which survives today in the name of the county of Devon (Modern Welsh: Dyfnaint, Cornish: Dewnans, Breton: Devnent). There is evidence, based on an entry...
    30 KB (3,466 words) - 04:33, 8 November 2024
  • name Dumnonii, which is of unknown origin. The Welsh name for Devon is Dyfnaint and the Cornish name is Dewnans. Dorset DO Ancient Old English Dorsǣt Literally...
    29 KB (243 words) - 00:43, 23 May 2023
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    the Roman occupation: for example, Llundain (London), Cernyw (Cornwall), Dyfnaint (Devon), and Ebrauc/Efrog (York). The origin of the modern Welsh name for...
    30 KB (2,709 words) - 22:50, 27 October 2024
  • Cofentri, Cwyntry Coventry English Crewe Cryw, Criw Crewe English Devon Dyfnaint Devon English Doncaster Dinas y Garrai; Caerdaun Doncaster English Dover...
    22 KB (163 words) - 16:39, 1 October 2024
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    Dumnonii: possibly meaning "deep valley dwellers" (Cornish: Dewnans, Welsh: Dyfnaint, Breton: Devnent) or "worshippers of the god Dumnonos". This tribal name...
    25 KB (3,442 words) - 15:19, 23 October 2024