Bangor

American  

[bang-gawr, -ger] / ˈbæŋ gɔr, -gər /

noun

1. a seaport in S Maine, on the Penobscot River.

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Bangor British  

/ ˈbæŋɡɔː, -ɡə /

noun

1. a university town in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, on the Menai Strait. Pop: 15 280 (2001)

2. a town in SE Northern Ireland, in North Down district, Co Down, on Belfast Lough. Pop: 58 388 (2001)

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Example Sentences

However, a study by Bangor University suggests the number of professional pickers in Wales had fallen from around 50 in 2003 to just 20, as they compete with global imports and tightening regulation.

From BBC

The Bangor woman began losing her sight at the age of just four.

From BBC

Accents while speaking Welsh and English vary hugely by region, and even from village to village in some regions, according to Cooper, who lectures in phonetics and bilingualism at Bangor University.

From BBC

Garbutt, born in Bangor, County Down, thanked all those people that "have reached out over the years and supported me and my family".

From BBC

When a convention of Spiritualists was held in Cleveland in February 1852, hundreds of articles about the rapid spread of spirits were written in papers from Bangor, Maine, to New Orleans, Louisiana.

From Literature