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Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
mwnt m (uncountable)
- mound
- motte
- 100,000, or a billion
1803, William Owen Pughe, A Dictionary of the Welsh Language explained in English, page 136:The number 100,000 is also called milcant; and in ancient numeration, mwnt, catyrva, and rhiallu: so a million used to be called mynta, buna, and catyrva vawr
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- 1871, James Kenward (called Elfynydd), Ab Ithel: An Account of the Life and Writings of John Williams Ab Ithel, page 210
- Ten ones are ten, ten tens are a hundred, ten hundreds are a thousand, ten hundred thousands are a myriad, a myriad myriads are a million, a million millions are a mwnt, a mwnt mwnts are a rhiallu, a rhiallu rhiallus are a buna, a buna bunas are a tyrva, a tyrva tyrvas are a cattyrva, a cattyrva cattyrvas are a cadrawd, a cadrawd cadrawds are the number of lives from Annwn to Gwynvyd
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References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mwnt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies