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Noun: Powys  paw-is
  1. British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
    - John Cowper Powys
     
  2. British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939)
    - Llewelyn Powys
     
  3. British writer of allegorical novels; one of three literary brothers (1875-1953)
    - T. F. Powys, Theodore Francis Powys
     
  4. A county in east Wales

Type of: author, writer

Part of: Cambria [archaic], Cymru, Wales

Encyclopedia: Powys, Wales