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Meaning of bryngaer | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
ˈbrəŋɡaɨ̯r

Definitions

  1. hill-fort
  2. Equivalent to 'hill-fort': A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.

Equivalents

Deutsch Wallburg
English hill-fort
Galego castro cidade coroa muro
Lietuvių piliakalnis
Latviešu pilskalns
Македонски градиште
Svenska fornborg
తెలుగు దుర్గము
中文 丘堡
ZH-TW 丘堡

Examples

“Yr oedd yn enedigol o Bryngaer, Sir Fynwy.”
“Cymerodd Keidrych ei enw o afon Ceidrych sy’n rhedeg trwy ddyffryn bach hardd wrth gefn Wernellyn, ac wrth odre’r Garn Goch, bryngaer mawr caerog a fuasai unwaith efallai yn brif dref […]”

Keidrych took its name from the river Ceidrych which runs through a beautiful little valley by the back of Wernellyn, and at the foot of Garn Goch, a large fortified hill fort that may once have been a main town …

“O ran diddordeb penodol pellach i Pennylove oedd y fan felen yr oeddan nhw wedi’i chanfod y bore hwnnw, wrth gerdded i fyny i’r gaer Rufeinig yr ochr draw i’r bryngaer bach Celtaidd uwchben y cwm.”

Of further specific interest to Pennylove was the yellow van they had found that morning, whilst walking up to the Roman fort the other side of the small Celtic hill-fort above the valley.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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