Carnarvon

American

[kahr-nahr-vuhn] / kɑrˈnɑr vən /

noun

Caernarfon.
Also Carnarvonshire Caernarvonshire.

Carnarvon British

/ kɑːˈnɑːvən /

noun

a variant spelling of Caernarfon

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In November 1922 he succeeded—despite his clashes with Egyptian authorities, his colleagues and even his greatest patron, the Earl of Carnarvon.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Carter peeked through a crack in the tomb’s sealed door, his exchange with Carnarvon ranks as one of the most famous in all archaeology: “ ‘Can you see anything?’

From The Wall Street Journal

Nearly 20 new species have now been described with the help of specimens collected on the 2022 voyage, including the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus announced earlier in 2025.

From Science Daily

"I never saw her on set with a little script, she knew it before she got here," Lady Carnarvon, who lives in Highclere Castle where Downton Abbey was filmed, told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC

"She was a very private person," Lady Carnarvon added.

From BBC

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