Cardiganshire

[kahr-di-guhn-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a historic county in western Wales, succeeded by Ceredigion.

Cardiganshire

/ -ʃə, ˈkɑːdɪɡənˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cardiganshire¹

From Welsh Ceredigion, derivative of Ceredig ap Cunedda (died 453), a local king + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

Missing maps include a malt whisky map of Scotland, and several maps relating to Gogerddan, the principal estate of the old county of Cardiganshire in the 17th century.

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Elystan Morgan was the MP for Cardiganshire for eight years, before he joined the House of Lords as Lord Elystan-Morgan in 1981.

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The Cardiganshire seat turned Liberal in the election of February 1974, and he tried unsuccessfully to win it back in the second general election of that year.

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Unexpectedly for him, he was elected Labour MP for Cardiganshire in the 1966 general election.

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He was elected vice-president of the party in 1966, the same year he stood for the first of two unsuccessful attempts to represent Cardiganshire at Westminster in general elections.

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