Definition of Camlan

1. Noun. (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.

Category relationships: Arthurian Legend
Generic synonyms: Battlefield, Battleground, Field, Field Of Battle, Field Of Honor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Camlan

Cameronites
Cameroon
Cameroon franc
Cameroonian
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Cameroonians
Cameroons
Cameroun
Camford
Camilla
Camille
Camillo Golgi
Camino
Camisard
Camisards
Camlan (current term)
Camorra
Camorrism
Camp David
Campania
Campanula americana
Campanula aparinoides
Campanula carpatica
Campanula divaricata
Campanula glomerata
Campanula medium
Campanula persicifolia
Campanula pyramidalis
Campanula rapunculoides
Campanula rapunculus

Literary usage of Camlan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... Camlan,' 1845. 3. ' Lam- peter Theology,' 1856. 4. ' Christian Freedom in the Council of Jerusalem : preached before the University of Cambridge, ..."

2. Cardiff Castle: A Poem, with Explanatory Remarks and Historical Extracts by Taliesin Williams (1827)
"Brave, justly brave, in whom we trace The greatness of his manly race. His ancient sire, with Arthur brave, On Camlan field found gory grave: Th' ..."

3. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1872)
"In that locality there are places which bear the following names even to the present day: Camlan, Maes Camlan, Bron Camlan, Pont y Cleifion, Brithdir Coch, ..."

4. Y Cymmrodor edited by Thomas Powel, Isambard Owen, Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore (1907)
"If this interval of ten years is correct, in other words, if Annus xciii and Annus Ciii are to he reckoned from the same initial year, then, as Camlan was ..."

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