Bangor
Americannoun
noun
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a university town in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, on the Menai Strait. Pop: 15 280 (2001)
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a town in SE Northern Ireland, in North Down district, Co Down, on Belfast Lough. Pop: 58 388 (2001)
Example Sentences
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The new nominating process will see the 16 county parties elect slates of delegates, 601 in total, who will in turn vote to select the new nominee at a July 25 convention in Bangor.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
And in a sign of how important this race is, CNN is teaming up with a Maine paper, the Bangor Daily News, to host another debate next week.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
"The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from Holyrood and the Senedd as they do from Westminster," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Jim Bradley, a financial advisor in Bangor, Maine, has told certain clients they would be better off taking the RMD now rather than delaying it with the still working exception.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
Last year, when she transferred from Bangor High, she was close to failing.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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