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BRANWEN
GENDER:
Feminine
USAGE:
Welsh
,
Welsh Mythology
PRONOUNCED:
BRAN-wen
[key]
Meaning & History
Means "beautiful raven" from Welsh
bran
"raven" and
gwen
"fair, white, blessed". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh
myth
, she is the sister of the British king
Bran
and the wife of the Irish king Matholwch.
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