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- Welsh · borrowed fromCaernarfon
- English todayCaernarfon
Borrowed from Welsh Caernarfon; former Anglicised spellings were Carnarvon and Caernarvon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A port town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales, the location of a castle and a high proportion of Welsh speakers (OS grid ref SH4862). Full definition →
Borrowed from Welsh Caernarfon; former Anglicised spellings were Carnarvon and Caernarvon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.