Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name of Welsh origin from a word meaning hill or mound.
  • proper noun A female given name in occasional modern use.
  • proper noun Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere.
  • proper noun A township in Wigan, Lancashire.

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Examples

  • A memorial use will be reason upon Feb 7 during eleven AM during a Church of a Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • A memorial use will be reason upon Feb 7 during eleven AM during a Church of a Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.

    Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009

  • Bryn is such a beautiful little baby … Bethenny looks OVER the moon!!

    Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Meet Bryn Casey Frankel-Hoppy 2010

  • | Inquirer | 06/28/2007: On Sunday, animal-control officers captured a three-foot alligator at the park, a surprising find that came three days after they pinched a five-footer less than a mile downstream, in Bryn Athyn.

    Archive 2007-06-24 Bill Crider 2007

  • The dog is described as the size of a labrador, is brinley and black in colour and he called Bryn.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • I find them ironic as well, although in the fifties, “ironic” was a term we Bryn Mawr English majors could stay up all night debating the nuances of, the way my daughter-in-law goes on and on about cacao percentages in chocolate, or how much artificial sweetener or sodium is in every box on my pantry shelf.

    The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

  • I find them ironic as well, although in the fifties, “ironic” was a term we Bryn Mawr English majors could stay up all night debating the nuances of, the way my daughter-in-law goes on and on about cacao percentages in chocolate, or how much artificial sweetener or sodium is in every box on my pantry shelf.

    The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

  • He came to the hill called Bryn Myr. in at dusk, and slept again by a wood.

    The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

  • “I see it very clearly,” said I. “Well, your worship, that’s called Bryn y Llo — the Hill of the Calf, or the Calf Plynlimmon, which makes the sixth summit.”

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • The band played them all and played them well, then quickly warmed into a happy, feverish triplet of a loose-and-free "Bryn," the Auto-Tune tweaked

    Home - BostonHerald.com Jed Gottlieb 2010

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