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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

"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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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."

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He tells us that 'the best wood of Caernarvonshire is by Glinne Kledder and by Glin Llughy and by Capel Kiryk and at Llanperis.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

He was afterwards rector of Llysfaen in Caernarvonshire, and in 1573, he was consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph. 

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

She was born in Caernarvonshire, Wales; her first husband was a wealthy brewer, by whom she had several children.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

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