Hen Galan

Welsh (Colloquial)

/ˌheːn ˈɡalan/, /ˌheːn ˈɡaːlan/

noun

Definitions

old New Year's day, New Year's day on the Julian calendar still celebrated in Cwm Gwaun in Wales on 13 January

Etymology

Compound from Welsh hen (old) + Welsh calan (New Year's Day, calends).

Origin

Welsh (Colloquial)

calan

Gloss

New Year's Day, calends

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Cognates and derived terms

kalendae, calendae, calandae Latin
calan Welsh
calennig Welsh
hen Welsh
henaint Welsh
hendad Welsh
hendref Welsh
*hen Proto-Brythonic