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Carnarvon

American  
[kahr-nahr-vuhn] / kɑrˈnɑr vən /

noun

  1. Caernarfon.

  2. Also Carnarvonshire Caernarvonshire.


Carnarvon British  
/ kɑːˈnɑːvən /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Caernarfon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Jan. 9, 2026

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 Oct. 8, 2025

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

From BBC Sep. 28, 2024

The death of Lord Carnarvon, who was sickly most of his life and prone to upper respiratory ailments, seems to fit the diagnosis.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2022

Liddon repeated at Munich the story of Carnarvon.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

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