Cwlen
Welsh
Alternative forms
- Cwlên
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English Coloyne or Early Modern English Cullen, from Old French Cologne, Coloigne, from Latin Colōnia (Agrippīna). Compare Middle Welsh Cwlwyn, from an earlier Middle English form.
Proper noun
Cwlen f
- Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Derived terms
- Cwleneg (“Kölsch”)
- het Gwlen