Byd Newydd

Welsh

Etymology

Calque of English New World.

Noun

y Byd Newydd m

1. (geography) the New World

Coordinate terms

• yr Hen Fyd (“the Old World”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Byd Newydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies