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Milford Haven

American  

noun

  1. a bay in SW Wales.

  2. a seaport on the N side of this bay, in Dyfed county.


Milford Haven British  
/ ˈmɪlfəd /

noun

  1. a port in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire on Milford Haven (a large inlet of St George's Channel): major oil port. Pop: 12 830 (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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Harteveld had been a town councillor in Milford Haven for three years, and had realised she would need "broad shoulders" to run as a Welsh Labour candidate in a county council election.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Mike Conner, 52, snapped up Thorne Island near Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire for £555,000 in May 2017.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

The team of four had set off from Land's End on 25 July headed north into the Irish Sea before bad weather forced them to stop at Milford Haven in Wales.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The Welsh government said the work would reduce journey times to ports such as Milford Haven, Wales' busiest for freight which handles about 40 million tonnes per year, as well as Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

We could not forbear looking backwards, across Milford Haven.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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