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gwahân

Pronunciation: /ɡwaˈhaːn/

“gwahân” is a Welsh word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. separation
  2. dissolution (of marriage)
  3. difference

adjective

  1. diverse, various
  2. distinct
  3. separate, detached

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“sub-, under”) + *sanis (“different”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“separate”).

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