Rhun may refer to:
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Rhun (Welsh given name)
Rhun is a Welsh Masculine given name meaning "Great, Mighty". Variants of the name are; Rhûn, Rhyn and Rhŷn.
One origin of the name appears to start from the Welsh names for Rome and Roman (as a person), ''Rhufain'' and ''Rhufon'', leading to ' ...
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Beli ap Rhun
Beli ap Rhun (c. 517 – c. 599) was List of rulers of Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 586 – c. 599). Nothing is known of the person, and his name is known only from Wales, Welsh genealogies, which confirm that he had at least two sons. H ...
(517–599), King of Gwynedd
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Rhun ab Arthgal
Rhun ab Arthgal was a ninth-century King of Strathclyde. He is the only known son of Arthgal ap Dyfnwal, King of Alt Clut. In 870, during the latter's reign, the fortress of Alt Clut was captured by Vikings, after which Arthgal and his family ma ...
King of Strathclyde c. 870
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Rhun ab Owain Gwynedd
Rhun ab Owain Gwynedd was the eldest child of Owain Gwynedd (the king of Gwynedd between 1137-1170). His mother was an Irish woman Pyfog (sometimes called Ffynnod Wyddeles) who was one of his father's many mistresses. Despite being illegitimate h ...
(died 1146), son of King Owain Gwynedd
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Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn
Rhun ap Maelgwn Gwynedd (died c. 586), also known as Rhun Hir ap Maelgwn Gwynedd (), sometimes spelt as 'Rhûn', was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 547 – c. 586). He came to the throne on the death of his father, King Maelgwn Gwynedd. There are ...
(died 586), King of Gwynedd
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Rhun ap Iorwerth
Rhun ap Iorwerth (; born 27 August 1972) is a Welsh journalist and politician who has served as the Leader of Plaid Cymru since June 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ynys Môn (Senedd constituency), Ynys Môn since 2013 Ynys ...
(born 1972), Welsh politician and journalist
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Rhun Williams
Rhun Williams (born 5 June 1997) is a retired Welsh rugby union player. He grew up in Llanrug. Rhun played primarily as a fullback for Cardiff Blues, but also could play wing. He was a Wales U20 international.
Williams made his debut for the ...
(born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
Other uses
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Run (island)
Run (also known as Pulau Run, Pulo Run, Puloroon, or Rhun – is 'island' in Indonesian language, Indonesian) is one of the smallest islands of the Banda Islands, which are a part of the Moluccas, Indonesia. It is located within Banda District ...
or Rhun, one of the Banda Islands, Indonesia
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Rhûn
The geography of Middle-earth encompasses the physical, political, and moral geography of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional continent Middle-earth on the planet Arda, but widely taken to mean all of creation ('' Eä'') as well as all of his writings ...
, a fictional region of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Prince Rhun
''The Chronicles of Prydain'' is a five part series of children's high fantasy coming-of-age novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The series includes: ''The Book of Three'' (1964), '' The Blac ...
, a fictional character in ''The Chronicles of Prydain''
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Caerhun
Caerhun () is a scattered rural Community (Wales), community, and former Community (Wales), civil parish, on the west bank of the River Conwy. It lies to the south of Henryd and the north of Dolgarrog, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and inclu ...
(Rhun's Fort), a former civil parish in Conwy, Wales
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King Runo
Runo (''Welsh:'' ''Rhun map Peredyr'') was a legendary powerful king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth (; ; ) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth, Wales, and one of the major figures in the development ...
, or Rhun mab Peredur, a legendary king in Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''Historia Regum Britanniae''
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Weston Rhyn
Weston Rhyn is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies between the towns of Chirk, in Wales, and Oswestry, in England.
The civil parish, which also includes Bronygarth, Pentre-Newydd and a number of small hamlets, had ...
, a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England
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