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      • Dywyll” (Shady or Dark Isle) for its former woodlands and Ynys y Cedairn (Isle of the Brave) for its royal courts. Owing to its fertile lands, Gerald of Wales called the island Môn Mam Cymru (Môn, Mother of Wales) – a name still in common usage.
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  3. www.itv.com › news › walesYnys Môn: Petition calls for Anglesey to be referred to by ...

    Sep 22, 2023 · A common endearment used today being Môn Mam Cymru (Môn, Mother of Wales), penned by Gerald of Wales due to the island's fertile lands.

  4. www.walesonline.co.uk › news › wales-newsCampaign launched to refer to Anglesey by its Welsh name only

    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).

  5. www.bbc.co.uk › cymrufyw › 40802608Pam mai Môn yw 'Mam Cymru'? - BBC

    Aug 3, 2017 · Mae Ynys Môn yn enwog am y ddwy bont sy'n croesi'r Fenai, ei llwybr arfordirol, ei thraethau di-ri a'i hamrywiol lannau (46 i gyd). Caiff hefyd ei hadnabod fel Môn Mam Cymru, neu Wlad y...

  6. welshicons.org › cymrupedia › councilsWelsh Icons News | Anglesey – Ynys Môn

    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. Clas Merddin, and Y fêl Ynys (honey isle) are other names.

  7. wizzley.com › ynys-mon-druidsYnys Môn: The Ancestral Home of the Druids - Wizzley

    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).

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AngleseyAnglesey - Wikipedia

    Anglesey (/ ˈ æ ŋ ɡ əl s iː /; Welsh: Ynys Môn [ˈənɨs ˈmoːn]) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island (Ynys Gybi) and some islets and skerries. [4]

  9. uk.news.yahoo.com › anglesey-hundreds-backAnglesey: Hundreds back call to refer to UK island by Welsh ...

    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)....