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Welsh
Etymology
From hen (“old”) + côr (“choir, quire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hengor m (plural hengorau, not mutable)
- henge
- Synonym: cylch pridd
- stone circle, cyclolith
- Synonym: meingylch
- Côr y Cewri (“Stonehenge”, literally “the Giants' Quire”)
References
- Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN