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Ffestiniog

British  
/ fɛsˈtɪnjɒɡ /

noun

  1. a town in N Wales, in Gwynedd: tourist attractions include former slate quarries and a narrow-gauge railway at nearby Blaenau Ffestiniog. Pop: 4830 (2001)

"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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Paul Inch, 50, from Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, and colleague Richard Perham, 29, from Bristol, had gone to Guinea to recover the equipment for a firm when they were arrested and accused of spying.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

The special habitat's twisted branches, dappled light and moss-covered understorey once covered much of the country, but is now only found in isolated areas including the Woodland Trust's Coed Felenrhyd near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

Buses are also replacing trains between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog until Monday.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

Jack Darbyshire grew up in the quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, watching a community awash with poverty as the slate industry slowly collapsed after World War One.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

"Lingula flags" of Dolgelly, and Ffestiniog; N. Wales.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

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