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Aberystwyth (ăb'ərĭst`wĭth), town (1991 pop. 10,250), Ceredigion, W Wales, on Cardigan Bay. It is a summer resort and cultural center. Before the construction of railroads, Aberystwyth was a coastal trading center. The town is the seat of a constituent institution of the Univ. of Wales and of the National Library of Wales, which has an outstanding collection of Welsh manuscripts. AberystwythTown (pop., 1991: 11,154) on Cardigan Bay, western Wales. The medieval walled town was built around a 13th-century fortress. It later became the exporter for the once-flourishing local lead mines. A principal stronghold of Welsh culture, it has grown as a seaside resort. Aberystwyth a resort and university town in Wales, in Ceredigion on Cardigan Bay. Pop.: 15 935 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And why are his numerous works
regarded with reverence not only among left-leaning social scientists
from Aberystwyth to Zurich, but also by the German foreign minister and
the new bureaucratic class that manages European integration? She and Iain Barber
of the University of Wales in Aberystwyth found that most desirable
males, those with robust immune systems and high androgens, made the
tidiest, most compact nests. Elizabeth Jacobs has recently completed her doctoral dissertation
titled "Chicano/a Literature and the Politics of Identity" at
the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where she also teaches courses in
American literature. |
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