| 单词 | little england beyond wales |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittle England beyond Wales b. spec. An area of south-west Wales, comprising parts of Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, which has a long tradition of being English-speaking. More fully Little England beyond Wales. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Wales > [noun] Little England beyond Wales1586 1586 W. Camden Brit. 373 Hæc eorum regiuncula [sc. Pembrokeshire] à Britannis Anglia Transwallina nuncupetur. [margin] Little England beyond Wales. a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) xxvii. 256 This Countrey, amonge other of Wales hath ben famouse for theire love, loyalltie and service to the kinges of this Realme, and soe affected of the Kinges and people of England for the same, that they haue termed it a second or little England. 1699 S. Dunstar Anglia Rediviva 95 Haverford, situate in the Demy Island of this County, by the Welsh called Ross, by the English, Little England beyond Wales. 1759 Plain Disquis. fortifying Milford-Haven i. 31 To the West of Milford-Haven lies that part of the Country called Little England beyond Wales. 1812 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 251/1 They [sc. descendants of Flemish weavers] speak English; and are so similar, in general, to the inhabitants of this kingdom, that the district which they inhabit has been frequently termed, Little England beyond Wales. 1888 E. Laws Hist. Little Eng. beyond Wales iii. 34 The English-speaking inhabitants of Pembrokeshire have for generations called their home ‘Little England beyond Wales’. 1925 Observer 31 May 9/4 Pembrokeshire, the county which some call ‘Little England beyond Wales’. 2003 R. Else et al. Britain (ed. 5) 747/2 Pembrokeshire's..south coast..is also known as ‘Little England’. Many guesthouses are run by incomers (and more than 50 castles here were built by the Anglo-Norman invaders). < as lemmas |
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