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Bronwen Gates
Bronwen () is a Welsh people, Welsh feminine given name. It is closely associated with the similar name ''Branwen'', which appears in medieval Welsh literature. Used in Wales since the 19th century, it was introduced to the English-speaking public at large by a character in the Richard Llewellyn novel ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1939).Sheard, K. M. (2011), , p. 110, . Notable bearers of the name include: * Bronwen Astor (1930–2017), English model * Dame Bronwen Holdsworth (born 1943), New Zealand businesswoman and arts patron * Bronwen Dickey (born 1981), American author * Bronwen Hughes, Canadian film director * Bronwen Knox, Australian water polo centre back/centre forward * Bronwen Maher (born 1957), Irish politician *Bronwen Manby, British human rights scholar and lobbyist * Bronwen Mantel (born 1950), Canadian actress * Bronwen Saunders (born 1978), Canadian curler * Bronwen Wallace (1945–1989), Canadian poet and short story writer See also * Branwen * Bronwyn Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
