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Ankou

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The personification of death in Celtic mythology.

Equivalents

Françaisankoù
PortuguêsAnkou
РусскийАнку́
1 more languages
Cymraegyr Angau

Examples

“In the blackness of the night the muttering or yelling figures moved about like⟳ some spectral creatures from hellish regions—the Ankous of Brittany who call⟳ to those about to die⟳[.]”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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