Bangor

[bang-gawr, -ger]

noun

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

Bangor

/ 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)

Example Sentences

A mother from Bangor has said her family was "targeted" after raising concerns about her son being bullied at Ysgol Friars when he was 12.

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King’s fans know the town’s lore based on side tours detailed in “Insomnia,” “Dreamcatcher” and “11/22/63,” which deepen the mythos and ground Derry alongside real places like Bangor, Maine, the author’s inspiration.

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Also: A statue of Paul Bunyan is going up in town — and in fact a 31-foot-tall Bunyan statue was unveiled in Bangor, Maine, in 1959.

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Police are treating an attack on a house in Bangor, County Down, as a hate crime.

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Ms Hughes, 46, who was recently promoted to the Wales Office, was diagnosed at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, earlier this month after finding a lump.

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