Pembrokeshire

American  

[pem-brook-sheer, -sher, -brohk-] / ˈpɛm brʊkˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -broʊk- /

noun

1. a county in southwestern Wales. 610 sq. mi. (1,590 sq. km.)

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Pembrokeshire British  

/ ˈpɛmbrʊkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a county of SW Wales, on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel: formerly (1974–96) part of Dyfed: a hilly peninsula with a deeply indented coast: tourism, agriculture, oil refining. Administrative centre: Haverfordwest Pop: 116 300 (2003 est). Area: 1589 sq km (614 sq miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Pembrokeshire

Pembroke ( def. ) + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Man I Need singer, who has picked up a string of award nominations in recent months, was enjoying a trip away in Pembrokeshire when her team gave her the heads up she might receive a call from the British music legend.

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"I was on a camping trip in Wales, in Pembrokeshire, and I was cooking sausage and beans on a little gas stove," she said.

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Gareth Davies witnessed the "beautiful" orange cephalopod as it buried itself in the sand in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and "vanished" in an "effortless display of camouflage".

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The Erebus wind farm, set to be built off the coast of Pembrokeshire, would become Wales' first floating offshore wind farm, following two projects already operating in Scotland.

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The Erebus wind farm off the Pembrokeshire coast would be able to produce 96MW - enough to power about 90,000 homes.

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