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单词 gwentian
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Gwentiann.adj.

/ˈɡwɛntɪən/
Etymology: < the name Gwent + -ian suffix.
A. n.
a. An inhabitant of Gwent in Monmouthshire, historically a Welsh principality.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales > parts of Wales
Gwentian1831
Powysian1850
Cardiffian1858
1831 S. Lewis Topogr. Dict. Eng. III. 318/2 The attempts of the Anglo-Saxon sovereigns to subjugate Wales were opposed by the Gwentians with extraordinary courage, insomuch that they do not appear to have been completely conquered during the Anglo-Saxon period.
b. The dialect of this region.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic > Welsh > dialects of
Gwentian1913
Powysian1913
1913 J. M. Jones Welsh Gram. 8 Gwentian, the dialect of Gwent and Morgannwg, or South East Wales.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Gwent.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Wales > [adjective] > districts of Wales
Powysian1805
Gwentian1841
1841 A. Owen tr. Anc. Laws & Instit. of Wales p. vi The Laws and Institutes of Wales are here given in six parts: the three first of these are the Venedotian, the Dimetian, and the Gwentian Codes.
1841 A. Owen tr. Anc. Laws & Instit. of Wales p. vii The Gwentian Code..contains an account of territorial divisions peculiar to Gwent.
1901 Daily Chron. 16 Oct. 3/2 The Gwentian bowmen were famous.
1911 J. E. Lloyd Hist. Wales I. x. 342 The Gwentian Code..appears to be also a compilation, to be ascribed, perhaps, to Morgeneu and his son Cyfnerth, who are mentioned as the authors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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