Sunday, February 20, 2011

Copper, in my words

copper pennycobar : copper

The Fennas word for copper (metal) is cobar. Cobar is a last name. Cobar is a small city in New South Wales, Australia.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh word for copper is copr, the Irish word for copper is copar, and the Breton word for copper is kouevr. In other Celtic langauges, the word for copper in Cornish is cober and the word for copper in Manx is cobbyr.

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