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Merionethshire

American  
[mer-ee-on-ith-sheer, -sher] / ˌmɛr iˈɒn ɪθˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

  1. a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.


Merionethshire British  
/ ˌmɛrɪˈɒnɪθˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1974) a county of N 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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We give a description of one of these ornaments found near the castle of Harlech, in Merionethshire, in 1692.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Barmouth is the port of Merionethshire, not far from which the river Mawddach has its commencement.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

A "Rauran-vaur hill" in Merionethshire is mentioned by Selden.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund

Harlech, an old Welsh town in Merionethshire, facing the sea, 10 m.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Snowdon was a name given by the Saxons to that mountainous tract which the Welsh themselves call Craigian-eryri: it included all the highlands of Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire, as far east as the river Conway.

From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Carruthers, Robert

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