Ynys Las

Welsh

Etymology

Literally, “Green Island”.

Proper noun

yr Ynys Las f

  1. Greenland (an island and autonomous country in the kingdom of Denmark)
    Synonym: y Lasynys

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ynys Las
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Ynys Las unchanged unchanged Hynys Las

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Greenland”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
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