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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A wide-mouthed inlet of St. George's Channel on the western coast of Wales.

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Examples

  • For wow factor, take a look at Egryn ,a Grade II listed medieval hall house dating from 1510 (sleeps nine) on the coast between Barmouth and Harlech overlooking Cardigan Bay in Wales, from £810 for seven nights (low season) to £2,253 (high).

    UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

  • Called on to fight, fence, swim, drive a racing car, and fly in a two-seater plane at 3,500m, he rarely used a double, sustained several injuries, and came close to drowning during filming in Cardigan Bay.

    My dad, the silent film star 2012

  • Simply nab one of the upper pitches and you'll see all the way to Cardigan Bay.

    The 10 best secluded campsites 2011

  • At the top of the boardwalk that crosses the dunes to the beach the wind was stronger, and the inland sky had darkened considerably, casting the mountains into shadow; the great sweep of Cardigan Bay, though, remained bathed in evening sunshine.

    Country diary: Aberystwyth John Gilbey 2010

  • Oystercatchers peeped and rolled over glistening stones and scattered mussel shells, young brown gulls barked and played like dogs, cormorants skimmed low through the rumble of Cardigan Bay with its little white-topped waves.

    Country diary: Wenlock Edge 2010

  • There's a sunken kingdom story set in Cardigan Bay in Wales, for example, and there's supposed to be a sunken city in Bala Lake/Llyn Tegid, not counting Lyonesse.

    The Science of Middle Earth, by Henry Gee. Book review Carla 2009

  • The sunken city in Cardigan Bay is Cantre'r Gwaelod, and there's another one near Conwy: Llys Helig.

    The Science of Middle Earth, by Henry Gee. Book review Carla 2009

  • Bardsey Island; how they got on a lee shore in Cardigan Bay, before

    Westward Ho! 2007

  • The next leg of the trip was to Aberystwyth, Wales which sits right along the Cardigan Bay.

    REPORT ON SPEAKING TOUR TO ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND 2007

  • Rhodri Morgan was spotted swimming in a circle in Cardigan Bay on the week of the Eisteddfod.

    Absent friends 2007

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