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Iceni
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English
Alternative forms
en Eceni
Pronunciation
en /aɪˈsiːnaɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Iceni.wav US
Noun
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en historical A Brythonic tribe in Britannia who inhabited an area corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk, from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. en Celtic tribes
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from la cel-bry-pro *uxī ox, from cel-bry-pro *uxsū, from la cel-pro *uksōn, from la ine-pro *uksḗn. Or, from a la cel - source representing modern cy echen lineage, stock, tribe, which could be from la ine-pro *peg- side, flank, breast.Transactions of the Philological Society. (1867). United Kingdom: Blackwell Publ., p. 282
Pronunciation
Icēnī
Proper noun
Icēnī<2> m
Iceni
Declension
Icēnī<2>
Derived terms
la Venta Icēnōrum
References
A Dictionary of the Welsh Language. University of Wales. 2017.
la Celtic tribes History of the United Kingdom