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Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ] [1]) is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter , likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. [ 2 ]
The cyhyraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [kəˈhəreθ]) is a ghostly spirit in Welsh mythology, a disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person's death. Legends associate the cyhyraeth with the area around the River Tywi in eastern Dyfed, as well as the coast of Glamorganshire. The noise is said to be "doleful and disagreeable", like the ...
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In Wales, we have a word: hiraeth. It has no direct English translation, but to the Welsh it means a nostalgic longing for your homeland. It’s easy to see why Wales would evoke an untranslatable ...
The name Cwmhiraeth is of Welsh origin, cwm translating to 'valley'. Hiraeth does not have a direct translation in English, but roughly translates to 'homesickness' or 'longing'. [2] The hamlet takes its name from Hiraeth, a former common nearby. More recently, the village is known as the "Valley of the Birds". [3]
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from Old Celtic bardos, either through Welsh bardd (where the bard was highly respected) or Scottish bardis (where it was a term of contempt); Cornish bardh cawl a traditional Welsh soup/stew; Cornish kowl coracle from corwgl. This Welsh term was derived from the Latin corium meaning "leather or hide", the material from which coracles are made ...
Surely the real definition of hiraeth should be from the word, with the word therefore being primary and the film secondary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MRMLondon (talk • contribs) 13:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC) Film is not notable, Welsh words are defined in cy.wiktionary, hiraeth. Abductive 19:17, 12 January 2010 (UTC)