Cardiganshire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Cardiganshire
From Welsh Ceredigion, derivative of Ceredig ap Cunedda (died 453), a local king + shire ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Unexpectedly for him, he was elected Labour MP for Cardiganshire in the 1966 general election.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2021
Elystan Morgan was the MP for Cardiganshire for eight years, before he joined the House of Lords as Lord Elystan-Morgan in 1981.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2021
On that occasion he visited Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, but would return during the 1940s when he was employed as an official war artist.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2014
I have shivered many a happy day on the rain-lashed beaches of lovely Cardiganshire, so named presumably because you have to wear at least two cardigans to stay warm.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2012
Not long ago I was talking about the canwyll corph and kindred subjects with the postmistress of a Cardiganshire village, who remarked that she had only known one person who had ever seen a "corpse-light."
From Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Lewes, Mary L.
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