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Caernarvonshire

American  
[kahr-nahr-vuhn-sheer, -sher] / kɑrˈnɑr vənˌʃɪər, -ʃər /
Or Caernarfonshire

noun

  1. a historic county in Gwynedd, in northwestern Wales.


Caernarvonshire British  
/ kɑːˈnɑːvənˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

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

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In time his white-thatched, black-caped figure appeared less & less often in London, more & more often on his Surrey and Caernarvonshire estates.

From Time Magazine Archive

In London, arbitrating a knotty pronunciation dispute over the town of Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire, Wales, His Majesty's Court of Appeal ruled against "Fellee," "Poo-Hellee," and "Poosh-Hellee," finally compromised on "Pwellee."

From Time Magazine Archive

Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire, and on the Boulders transported by floating ice.

From Life of Charles Darwin by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

Richard Vaughan, D.D., an eminent and learned prelate, was born in Caernarvonshire, and received his academical education at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he graduated. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams

Thomas Williams was a native of Caernarvonshire, and received an University education at Oxford. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams

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