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VeniconesThe '''Venicones''' were an ancient Celtic tribe of UK|Britain. In the first century, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, they lived in what is today Tayside.
Whilst Kenneth H. Jackson|Kenneth Jackson argued that their name could not be explained as Celtic languages|Celtic, J. T. Koch found identified the name with a later, Cumbric, form from the ''Y Gododdin|Gododdin'', where a region ''Maen Gwyngwn'' (pron. ''gwɪngun'') is mentioned. According to Koch, ''Venicones''-''Gwyngwn'' translates as "kindred Hounds".[J. T. Koch, The Stone of the ''Wenicones'', in: ''Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies'' 29, 1982, p. 87ff.]
Category:Ancient peoples
Category:Tribes of ancient Britain
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