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Matauc

From Old Welsh mad, "good, fortunate", with a diminutive ending: the fortunate one.

Meaning and origin

Matauc is an Old Welsh personal name formed from a word for good fortune and an ending that softens it into a pet form, much as -og does in later Welsh.

How to pronounce Matauc

Welsh (United Kingdom)MAT-owk

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