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- Old Welsh names are Ynys Dywyll (“Dark Isle”) and Ynys y Cedairn (cedyrn or kedyrn; “Isle of brave folk”). It is the Mona of Tacitus (Ann. xiv. 29, Agr. xiv. 18), Pliny the Elder (iv. 16) and Dio Cassius (62). It is called Mam Cymru (“Mother of Wales”) by Giraldus Cambrensis.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Campaign. Friday 22 September 2023, 11:53am. Welsh language advocates are voicing their support of the use of Ynys Môn instead of the English language name, Anglesey. Credit: ITV Cymru Wales....
Sep 22, 2023 · Poetic references include the old Welsh “Ynys Dywyll” (Shady or Dark Isle) – for its former woodlands – and Ynys y Cedairn (Isle of the Brave) for its royal courts. Owning to its fertile...
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Sep 22, 2023 · Owning to its fertile lands, Gerald of Wales called the island Môn Mam Cymru (Môn, Mother of Wales) – a name still in common usage. Another moniker was Y Fêl Ynys (The Honey Isle).
Aug 3, 2017 · Mae rhai pobl yn dweud mai pobl Caernarfon roddodd yr enw 'moch Môn' ar drigolion yr ynys, gan eu bod yn gweld y ffermwyr a'u moch yn croesi'r Fenai yn ddyddiol. Wrth siarad am yr orymdaith ...
Poetic names for the island of Anglesey include the Old Welsh Ynys Dywyll (Shady or Dark Isle) for its former groves and Ynys y Cedairn (Isle of the Brave) for its royal courts; [13] Gerald of Wales' Môn Mam Cymru ("Môn, Mother of Wales") for its agricultural productivity; [23] and Y fêl Ynys (Honey Isle).
Canys y mae'r ynys hon yn anghymharol fwy cynhyrchiol mewn grawn gwenith na holl ardaloedd Cymru: yn gymaint felly ag y mae'n arfer diarhebu'n gyffredin yn yr iaith Gymraeg, "Môn Mam Cymru". Oherwydd pan fyddo'r holl ardaloedd eraill ymhobman yn methu, y mae'r wlad hon, ar ei phen ei hun, yn arfer cynnal Cymru i gyd â'i chnwd bras a thoreithiog o ŷd.
Apr 23, 2014 · Others have argued that its ancient name Môna refers instead to the Mother Goddess - Don or Modron. Its more poetic monikers add more hints - Môn Mam Cymru (Môn Mother of Wales); Ynys Dywyll (Dark Island, or Isle of Shades); Ynys y Cedairn (Island of the Brave); or Y fêl Ynys (the Honey Isle).
