Merionethshire

American

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

noun

a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.

Merionethshire British

/ ˌmɛrɪˈɒnɪθˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

(until 1974) a county of N Wales, now part of Gwynedd

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Prof Chris Evans has investigated the overlooked role Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire weavers played in producing clothes for slaves in the Caribbean and British North America.

From BBC

"In dead silence, it was announced that the successful poet was 'Hedd Wyn' - the shepherd-poet from Trawsfynydd... lay in a quiet grave," reported The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard.

From BBC

The idea had been that of Ned, the eldest brother, and it was part of the miscellaneous general information he had picked up on his alder-prospecting through Merionethshire and Montgomery and Carnarvon and Denbigh and Flint.

From Project Gutenberg

And the sawn planks come from Russia and the Baltic, and the larches for scaffolding from the Merionethshire valleys.

From Project Gutenberg

Humphrey Humphreys, D.D., was born at Penrhyn-dau-draeth, Merionethshire, in 1648.

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