Bangor
Americannoun
noun
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a university town in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, on the Menai Strait. Pop: 15 280 (2001)
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a town in SE Northern Ireland, in North Down district, Co Down, on Belfast Lough. Pop: 58 388 (2001)
Example Sentences
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When a convention of Spiritualists was held in Cleveland in February 1852, hundreds of articles about the rapid spread of spirits were written in papers from Bangor, Maine, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
From Literature
Conservative Sam Kurtz praised the way in which the university dealt with it, and said: "I really enjoyed that Bangor University themselves tweeted in Welsh, outlining their position on that. I thought, big tick."
From BBC
Bangor University said societies were run by the Students' Union, and it welcomed debate "across the political spectrum".
From BBC
The 17-acre island comes with a Victorian stone farmhouse that was inhabited until the 1970s but is now in "need of extensive renovation", according to Carter Jonas estate agents in Bangor.
From BBC
But some passersby in Bangor, County Down, were confused by the black plastic coverings.
From BBC
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