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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from Welsh. · A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use. · Part of several place names in Wales and elsewhere. · A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).
From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.
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