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ANNWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Annwn mean?
• ANNWN (noun)
The noun ANNWN has 1 sense:
1. (Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies
Familiarity information: ANNWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Annwfn; Annwn
Hypernyms ("Annwn" is a kind of...):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
Domain category:
mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)
Domain region:
Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)
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