Something I didn’t know until today.

[William Treseder]

Pen gwyn would translate to white head, I guess.

And penguins normally have a mainly black head and mainly white body, so there's not much logic there.

Any relation to Big Gwyn ?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

The first recorded reference of the word 'Pen-gwins' (that we know of) was in Sir Thomas Herbert's book entitled "Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique", published in the 17th century. Although an Englishman, I note from the title page of the eponymous tome that his family motto was "Pawb yn yr arver"........

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