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Does anyone know...
...the meaning of the name Eilonwy? It's Welsh and it's pr. something like ay-LON- wih.
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Wasn't that name made up by Lloyd Alexander, for his books?
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Yup...But it is a feasible name. What it means is another question.-onwy/-anwy is a well established diminutive ending (as in Myfanwy (girl's name), Ifanwy,Tegonwy (boy's names).
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