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ANGLESEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anglesea mean? 

ANGLESEA (noun)
  The noun ANGLESEA has 1 sense:

1. an island to the northwest of Walesplay

  Familiarity information: ANGLESEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANGLESEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An island to the northwest of Wales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Anglesea; Anglesea Island; Anglesey; Anglesey Island; Mona

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Anglesea" is a part of...):

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)


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