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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 fairiesplay

  Familiarity information: ANNWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANNWN (noun)


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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