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Llanelli
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Llanelli (hlänĕhl`ē, lănĕth`lē), town (1981 pop. 45,336), Carmarthenshire, S Wales, on the estuary of the Loughor (Burry) River. The town's industries include tin-plate works and steelworks. Pottery, glass, and chemicals are also made. Coal was formerly mined and exported from Llanelli; the docks closed in 1951. Nearby is the coastal town of Burry Port, where Amelia Earhart Earhart, Amelia , 1897–1937, American aviator, b. Atchison, Kans. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic (1932).
..... Click the link for more information.  landed after her Atlantic crossing.
Llanelli, Llanelly
an industrial town in S Wales, in SE Carmarthenshire on an inlet of Carmarthen Bay. Pop.: 46 357 (2001)


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The announcement of the names of the four survivors of the Llanelly collier Maystone, which sank almost without trace off the Northumberland coast, has brought rejoicing to one South Wales family and a tragic end to the holiday trip of Cardiff's head postmaster.
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