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Cadwaladr (name)

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Pronunciation
  
[kadˈwaladər]

Word/name
  
Welsh

Region of origin
  
Wales

Gender
  
masculine

Meaning
  
"battle-leader"

Cadwaladr, Cadwalader or Cadwallader (with other variant spellings) is a given name and surname of Welsh origin. It was most notably held by Cadwaladr, a seventh-century king of Gwynedd, who was the last Welsh king to claim lordship over all of Britain.

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Pronunciation

The name is pronounced [kadˈwaladər] in Welsh and typically /kədˈwɒlədər/ in English. The spelling variant Cadwallader does not represent the pronunciation [kadˈwaɬadər], in spite of the double l, which usually represents a voiceless lateral fricative in Welsh (see Welsh orthography).

People with the given name

  • Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon (633–682), king of Gwynedd
  • Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd (c. 1096–1172), third son of Gruffydd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd
  • Cadwaladr ap Rhys Trefnant (fl. 1600), Welsh poet
  • Cadwaladr Cesail (fl. 1620), Welsh poet
  • Cadwaladr Bryner Jones (1872–1954), Welsh agriculturalist

    • People with the surname or patronymic

  • Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), Welsh nurse
  • Cadfan ap Cadwaladr (c. 1140 – c. 1215), Lord of Ceredigion (son of Cadwaladr ap Gruffydd)
  • Dafydd Cadwaladr (1752–1834), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher
  • Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979), Welsh poet
  • Edward Cadwaladr, 16th-century Welsh poet
  • Ellis Cadwaladr (fl. 1707–1740), Welsh poet
  • Huw Cadwaladr, 17th-century Welsh poet
  • Llewellyn Cadwaladr (1857–1909), Welsh operatic tenor
  • Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690), Welsh poet

    • People with the surname in variant spellings

    This section lists people whose surname is a variant spelling of Cadwaladr other than Cadwalader and Cadwallader, which have their own dedicated pages.

  • Roger Cadwallador (1568–1610), English beatified Roman Catholic priest and martyr
  • Carole Cadwalladr (born 1969), author and journalist

    • References

    Cadwaladr (name) Wikipedia
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