Caernarvonshire

or Caer·nar·fon·shire

[ kahr-nahr-vuhn-sheer, -sher ]

noun

a historic county in Gwynedd, in northwestern Wales.

Also called Caernarfon, Carnarvon, Caernarvon.

Words Nearby Caernarvonshire

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How to use Caernarvonshire in a sentence

Some good black chalk occurs also in Caernarvonshire and in the island of Islay.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
Cian is said to have been the servant of Peris, and to them conjointly is Llangian in Caernarvonshire dedicated.
Y Gododin | Aneurin
Caernarvonshire, and on the Boulders transported by Floating Ice.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) | Charles Darwin
John Owen, the celebrated epigrammatist, was a native of Caernarvonshire.
A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation | Robert Williams
He became rector of Llangelynin, in Caernarvonshire, and prebendary of Brecon.
A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation | Robert Williams

British Dictionary definitions for Caernarvonshire

Caernarvonshire

/ (kɑːˈnɑːvənˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

(until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd

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