Pembrokeshire

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

/ ˈpɛm brʊkˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -broʊk- /

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noun

a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.

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Also called Pembroke.

Words nearby Pembrokeshire

Pematangsiantar, Pemba, pembina, Pembroke, Pembroke Pines, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke table, pemmican, pemoline, pemphigus, pen

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How to use Pembrokeshire in a sentence

In 2004 a 36-year-old man from Pembrokeshire became the first person in the UK to die from cannabis toxicity.
British Mother ‘Poisoned’ To Death By Pot|The Telegraph|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was granted, and at the end of October 1575 he landed near his own house at Lanfey in Pembrokeshire.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
Little is spoken in the southern half of the Gower peninsula or in S. Pembrokeshire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
Beyond Caermarthenshire is Pembrokeshire, forming the western extremity of the Welsh peninsula.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive|Joel Cook

A Pembrokeshire Welshman told me this story as a tradition well known in that part of Wales.
British Goblins|Wirt Sikes
A black calf, which haunted a Pembrokeshire brook early in the present century, was believed to be the devil in familiar guise.
British Goblins|Wirt Sikes

British Dictionary definitions for Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

/ (ˈpɛmbrʊkˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

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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