Pembrokeshire

[ pem-broo k-sheer, -sher, -brohk- ]

/ ˈpɛm brʊkˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -broʊk- /

noun

a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.

Also called Pembroke.

Example sentences from the Web for pembrokeshire

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
The wall above is pierced with a small piscina arch; and the chamber is lighted by windows of very good Pembrokeshire type.

Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire |H. Thornhill Timmins
A smartish piece of goods upon my word for Pembrokeshire; quite a London lady, eh, Miss?'

Emmeline |Charlotte Turner Smith
The cutty wren is a Pembrokeshire Twelfth Night custom prevailing commonly during the last century, but now nearly extinct.

British Goblins |Wirt Sikes

Welsh is utterly unknown “down below,” as the p. 205North Pembrokeshire folks call the southern half of the county.

The Fishguard Invasion by the French in 1797 |M. E. James
It has been recorded from Pembrokeshire and Flintshire, in Wales.

The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series |Richard South

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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