Caernarfon

Or �䲹��·�Բ��·��ǲ�,

[kahr-nahr-vuhn]

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noun

a seaport in western Gwynedd, in northwestern Wales, on the Menai Strait, built around a 13th-century castle of Edward II.
Caernarvonshire.

Caernarfon

/ ��ɑːˈ��ɑː��ə�� /

noun

a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Caernarfon¹

From Welsh, equivalent to caer “Fort” + yn “in” (i.e., “facing”) Arfon “A�Բ��”

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Coroner Kate Robertson recorded a conclusion of accidental death at the inquest in Caernarfon.

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Lennon and Ono's visit to north Wales was just days before Prince Charles' investiture as the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle in the north of the county.

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Arwel Wyn Griffith, 35, from the Caernarfon area, said he had been fighting a cocaine addiction for 17 years after he started taking the Class A drug as a teenager.

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Caernarfon Crown Court heard that he could not remember carrying out the fatal assault, but it was captured on the house's ring doorbell.

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Ceri Parri, director at Caernarfon RFC in Gwynedd, said it was one of the first to be used in a pilot for the hub programme when it started.

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Caerleon Caernarvonshire

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