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English
Etymology
Coined by William Owen Pughe in 1795. The name originated from mabynnogyon, which occurs at the end of one of the four branches, and is now considered to have been a scribal error, mistaken as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural.
Pronunciation
- English (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/
- Welsh IPA(key): /mabiˈnɔɡ.jɔn/
Proper noun
the Mabinogion
- The earliest prose literature of Britain, compiled in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions by medieval Welsh authors.