Brecon
Britishnoun
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a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop: 7901 (2001)
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short for Breconshire
Example Sentences
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This effect is caused by air travelling over a mountain range - in this case Eyri and Bannau Brycheiniog- formerly known as Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Clearer signs are needed at a popular waterfalls walking route in the Brecon Beacons after three people died there, a coroner has said.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
A spokesperson for Brecon Mountain Rescue Team - which covers Wales' second largest national park, Bannau Brycheiniog - said it had also received call-outs where people had underestimated conditions.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
In a remote corner of the Bannau Brycheiniog, or Brecon Beacons, on fallow farmland hosting three sites of special scientific interest, Paul toils over his creations, surrounded by heat and metal.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
He was somewhere in the Brecon Beacons and there should have been a view, but it had been wiped out by the rain and the fading light.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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