Pembrokeshire

[pem-brook-sheer, -sher, -brohk-]

noun

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

Pembrokeshire

/ 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pembrokeshire¹

Pembroke ( def. ) + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

Each of the three claimants were granted anonymity by the tribunal, and the location of the incident was only described as Dyfed-Powys Police's "area of operation in Wales", which covers Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys.

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"I remember feeling like 'I am determined to prove you wrong', I'm determined to say this is something you can be proud of, this is something Pembrokeshire can be proud of to say that they enabled this," Abigail said.

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Dyfed-Powys Police launched Operation Hallam in October 2022 to use modern techniques to look at material held over the deaths of Martha and Griff Thomas at Ffynnon Samson, Llangolman, Pembrokeshire.

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Rhiannon said she was sexually harassed on a train this summer by a group of drunken men while going home in west Wales after a day out with friends at the seaside resort of Tenby in Pembrokeshire.

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Amanda and Simon Meyrick set up the popular Pembrokeshire attraction in 1994 and its daily running has been their lives ever since.

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