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Idris is a Welsh and Arabic given name (usually masculine), also given as surname. The name has two different etymologies. The name has two different etymologies. Welsh : 'Ardent lord', from udd (lord, prince) + ris (ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive). [ 1 ]
He was apparently so large that he could sit on the summit of Cadair Idris and survey his whole kingdom. [1] Cadair Idris, a Welsh mountain, literally means "Chair of Idris". Idris was said to have studied the stars from on top of it and it was later reputed to bestow either madness or poetic inspiration on whoever spent a night on its summit.
Idris (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name. Idris (prophet) , Islamic prophet in the Qur'an, traditionally identified with Enoch, an ancestor of Noah in the Bible
Cadair Idris or Cader Idris is a mountain in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd, Wales.It lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau.The peak, which is one of the most popular in Wales for walkers and hikers, [1] is composed largely of Ordovician igneous rocks, with classic glacial erosion features such as cwms, moraines, striated rocks, and roches moutonnées.
Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet. Born in Rhymney , near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales , he became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English.
Howell Idris, circa 1905. ... 10 February 1925), known as Howell Idris, was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and chemical manufacturer. Background
Idris is a masculine first name. Notable people with the name include: Muhammad al-Idrisi, a 12th-century explorer, geographer and writer;
Sir Harold Idris Bell CB OBE (2 October 1879 – 22 January 1967) was a British museum curator, papyrologist (specialising in Roman Egypt) and scholar of Welsh literature. Bell was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire to an English father and a Welsh mother. His maternal grandfather, John Hughes of Rhuddlan, was a Welsh speaker. [1]