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Pembrokeshire
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English
thumb|190px|Location of Pembrokeshire (in red)
Etymology
en :af Pembroke -shire + 1
Pronunciation
en /pɛmˈbɹʊkʃə(ɹ)/
Proper noun
en maritime traditional county cc/Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
en w:Hensleigh Wedgwood English Etymologies [continued] Proceedings of the Philological Society London Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor,Red Lion Court, Fleet Street 1850-05-10 IV 97 249 https://books.google.com/books?id=_qxMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA249 1026878820 It [the word pittance] does not signify the whole share of each individual in a conventual meal, but merely that smaller portion of more tasty viands which in frugal housekeeping is used to give relish to the bread or pottage constituting the substance of the meal; what is still called sowl or sowling in some parts of England. The Pembrokeshire peasant says, "I have not had a bit of sowl to my bread for these six months".
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
Translations
traditional county of Wales
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Pembrokeshire
Welsh: cy Sir Benfro f
local government principal area
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Pembrokeshire