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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Old Celtic, Welsh Mythology
Other Forms FormsIwerydd (modern form)
Meaning & History
Possibly means either "Ireland" or "the Atlantic Ocean" (which lies in the direction of Ireland from Wales), both meanings derived from Proto-Celtic *ɸīweriyū meaning "earth, soil". This was the name of a parent of Brân in Welsh mythology, either being a variant name of Llŷr (which means "the sea") or the name of his wife.