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  • proper noun An area of southern Wales bordering the Bristol Channel.

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Examples

  • South Wales, which is the nearest port where we can obtain assistance.

    The South Sea Whaler William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Roman fortress at Caerleon in South Wales, which is likely to lead to a complete rethink of one of the country's most important Roman sites.

    Art Knowledge News Dr Peter Guest 2010

  • Somewhere in all that she as from the mythical 'South Wales', with a capital 'S' no doubt.

    Welsh Gold at Beijing Valleys Mam 2008

  • In geographical and networking terms South Wales doesn’t really need more than one chamber.

    Chamber Fiasco Valleys Mam 2008

  • In geographical and networking terms South Wales doesn’t really need more than one chamber.

    Archive 2007-12-30 Valleys Mam 2008

  • So don't be surprised if the Tories start saying that this new affordable housing shouldn't be put in the South East at all where there is a genuine need for affordable housing for the poor and young who have no hope of getting on the housing ladder - and where there is a chance of them losing votes and instead suggesting the majority should be in the Labour heartlands such as South Wales, or the North West and North East of England.

    House About That Then? Kerron Cross 2006

  • In parts of the United Kingdom, such as South Wales, where gas coal is dear, and anthracite and bastard coals are cheap, water gas highly carbureted will entirely supplant coal gas, with a saving of fifty per cent. on the prices now existing in those districts.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various

  • In the meantime customers will be supplied with material from Tata Steel's other hot strip mill in South Wales at Port Talbot, where production costs are lower.

    Tata Steel Mothballs U.K. Mill Alex MacDonald 2011

  • LONDON – Tata Steel Ltd. said Friday it is temporarily shutting down its hot strip steel mill at the Llanwern site in South Wales due to poor U.K. steel demand and a deteriorating European economic outlook.

    Tata Steel Mothballs U.K. Mill Alex MacDonald 2011

  • A Cardiff man has been given a three-year restraining order banning him from a street in the Splott area of the city, South Wales Police reports.

    Cardiff today – Lord Mayor, market pickle and basement masterclass 2011

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