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rhawn

Pronunciation: /r̥au̯n/

“rhawn” is a Welsh word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. horsehair, bristles, long coarse animal hair
  2. tail
  3. coarse wool on a sheep's buttocks

adjective

  1. made of horsehair
  2. strung with horsehair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”), from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”). Compare Irish rón (“long hair as from an animal's tail”), Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

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