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Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales — the country on the west of the island of Great Britain, next to England. Welsh people say Cymru in their own language; English speakers usually say Wales.
Cymru Cymruis the Welsh name for Wales是威爾斯語裡「Wales(威爾斯)」的名字——the country on the west of the island of Great Britain, next to England那是大不列顛島西邊、緊鄰英格蘭的國家。Welsh people威爾斯人say Cymru in their own language用自己的語言會說Cymru;English speakers英語使用者usually say Wales通常說Wales。
You will see Cymru on football and rugby shirts, on road signs, and in the proud line Cymru am byth (“Wales for ever”). It is the country’s real name in Welsh, not a cute English nickname.
You你will see Cymru on football and rugby shirts會在足球和橄欖球球衣上看到Cymru,on road signs在路標上,and in the proud line Cymru am byth ("Wales for ever")還有在「Cymru am byth」(威爾斯萬歲)這句自豪的話裡看到。It它is the country's real name in Welsh是這個國家在威爾斯語裡真正的名字,not a cute English nickname而不是英語裡可愛的暱稱。
Though actually, English has older cousin-names from the same Celtic root: Cambria (a poetic or Latin-style name for Wales), and and Cumberland (places in the north of England). Those are not extra countries; they are related words that drifted to different spots on the map.
Though actually不過其實,English英語has older cousin-names from the same Celtic root還有幾個源自同一個凱爾特語根、更古老的同源字:Cambria像Cambria(威爾斯的詩意或拉丁式說法),a poetic or Latin-style name for Wales是威爾斯比較詩意或拉丁式的名字,and Cumbria and Cumberland還有Cumbria和Cumberland,places in the north of England是英格蘭北部的地名。Those這些are not extra countries並不是額外的國家;they are related words that drifted to different spots on the map而是同源的字,後來飄移到地圖上不同的地方。
In English, treat Cymru as a proper name.
In English在英語裡,treat Cymru as a proper name要把Cymru當成專有名詞來用。
組成Borrowed whole from Welsh Cymru. English did not build it from English pieces. Related English names (Cambria, Cumbria, Cumberland) come from the same old Celtic root.
同家族的字
- Cambriaan old Latin-style name for Wales; same origin
- Cumbriaa county in northern England; same old root, different place
- Cumberlandanother English place-name from the same Celtic source
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Cymruname/ˈkʌm.ɹi/
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Synonym of Wales: a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
- Communicating in English was usual till a common language could be established. But neither I nor Rob wished anyone to prioritise English on our behalf and the fact that anyone could be offended at hearing Cymraeg in Cymru was wretched. […] My friends had only been in Cymru a year, but Tim knew more local history than me, and the kids, being young, were already nearly fluent in Cymraeg.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。