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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of northwest Wales in the Irish Sea. It has many Neolithic ruins, especially dolmens, and is said to have been the last refuge of the druids from the invading Romans.
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- proper noun An island and
traditional county at the northwestern extremity of northWales . It is separated fromCaernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called theMenai Strait .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island to the northwest of Wales
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In the 2007 Assembly elections voters in Anglesey, Arfon, Aberconwy, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Ceredigion, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and Llanelli ALL voted Plaid; and what did they get?
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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It said the royal's Sea King helicopter, call sign "Rescue 122", was scrambled by the Liverpool coast guard office, and took about half an hour to fly to the rig from the crew's base at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, north Wales, on the Irish Sea coast.
Prince William Makes First Helicopter Rescue For Royal Air Force AP 2010
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In the 2007 Assembly elections voters in Anglesey, Arfon, Aberconwy, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Ceredigion, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and Llanelli ALL voted Plaid; and what did they get?
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Anonymous, you imply Wylfa on the island of Anglesey is owned by a "private company", it is in fact managed on behalf of the UK government by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
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Meanwhile in Anglesey there are problems with vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
Youth And Age (And Crime Figures) Laban 2005
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Meanwhile in Anglesey there are problems with vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
Archive 2005-04-24 Laban 2005
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Educated in Anglesey and at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth, John worked briefly for a solicitor’s firm in Cardiff before returning to Anglesey.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Similar factors in Anglesey and the Welsh mountains would probably have a similar effect).
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They will, no doubt, be fully elucidated in the memoir of Bottisham and Anglesey, which is understood to be in preparation by members of the Cambridge Antiquarian
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Electable bodies such as Anglesey Council abrogate much of their power to people who act as monarchs, and then waste much of their time and efforts in factional infighting.
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