- Menai Strait
- geographical name strait 14 miles (22 kilometers) long N Wales between Anglesey Island & mainland
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Menai Strait
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Menai Strait — [men′ī] narrow channel between the NW mainland of Wales & Anglesey Island: 14 mi (22.5 km) long … English World dictionary
Menai Strait — The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai, the River Menai ) is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about 25 km (16 mi)[1] long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. The strait is bridged in two places the… … Wikipedia
Menai Strait — Sp Mènajaus sąsiauris Ap Menai Strait angliškai Ap Afon Menai vališkai L tarp Anglesio s. ir D. Britanijos s., D. Britanija (Velsas) … Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė
Menai Strait — /men uy/ a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 mi. (23 km) long. * * * Channel of the Irish Sea separating the Isle of Anglesey from the mainland of northern Wales. It extends 15 mi (24 km) and varies in width from 600 … Universalium
Menai Strait — noun a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland • Instance Hypernyms: ↑strait, ↑sound • Part Holonyms: ↑Wales, ↑Cymru, ↑Cambria … Useful english dictionary
Menai Strait — /mɛnaɪ ˈstreɪt/ (say menuy strayt) noun a strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of north western Wales. 23 km long …
Menai Strait — noun A channel separating Anglesey from mainland Wales … Wiktionary
MENAI STRAIT — a picturesque channel separating Anglesey from Carnarvonshire, 14 m. long and at its narrowest 200 yards wide; is crossed by a suspension bridge (1825) and the Britannia Tubular Bridge for railway (1850) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
(the) Menai Strait — the Menai Strait [the Menai Strait] a channel that separates the island of ↑Anglesey from the north west coast of Wales. The Menai Bridge, the road bridge that crosses it, was built by Thomas Telford and was then the biggest ↑suspension bridge ( … Useful english dictionary
Menai Suspension Bridge — Menai Bridge Pont Grog y Borth The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A5 near the Britannia Bridge. Carries … Wikipedia
