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llewellyn
/ˌluˈɛlɪn/
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What does llewellyn mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Welsh.
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌluˈɛlɪn/
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Unpleased Llewellyn homeward hied, When near the portal seat His truant Gêlert he espied, Bounding his lord to greet.
Edison now resides at Llewellyn Park, Orange, a picturesque suburb of New York.
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When King Edward came to the throne, Llewellyn was required to swear allegiance to him also; which he refused to do.
Through all his travels Edison has preserved those books, and has them now in his library at Llewellyn Park, on Orange Mountain, New Jersey.
The original founder was one John De Bryse, a powerful Norman who married the daughter of Llewellyn Ap Jorwerth, the son-in-law of King John, and the most war-like of all the Welsh princes, whose exploits, and particularly a victory which he obtained over his father-in-law, with whom he was always at war, have been immortalized by the great war-bard, Dafydd Benfras.