Caernarvonshire

[ kahr-nahr-vuh n-sheer, -sher ]

/ kɑrˈnɑr vənˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

a historic county in Gwynedd, in NW Wales.

Also called Caernarvon, Carnarvon.

Example sentences from the Web for caernarvonshire

David Jones of Trevriw, in Caernarvonshire, a poet who flourished from about the year 1750 to 1780.

A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation |Robert Williams
Cynwal Williams, an eminent poet of Penmacno, Caernarvonshire, who lived from about the year 1560 to 1600.

A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation |Robert Williams
Cian is said to have been the servant of Peris, and to them conjointly is Llangian in Caernarvonshire dedicated.

Y Gododin |Aneurin
Notes on the effects produced by the ancient glaciers of Caernarvonshire, and on the Boulders transported by floating ice.

Life of Charles Darwin |G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

"The shores of Caernarvonshire, opposite the isle of Anglesey" (Gray).

Select Poems of Thomas Gray |Thomas Gray

Caernarvonshire

/ (kɑːˈnɑːvənˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

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