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Menai Strait

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Menai Strait [ˈmɛnaɪ]
n
(Placename) a channel of the Irish Sea between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of NW Wales: famous suspension bridge (1819-26) designed by Thomas Telford and tubular bridge (1846-50) by Robert Stephenson. Length: 24 km (15 miles). Width: up to 3 km (2 miles)
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Noun1.Menai Strait - a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainlandMenai Strait - a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland
Cambria, Cymru, Wales - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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One lane of the A55 near the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait was closed after the lorry caught fire just after 4am.
LORRY FIRE CAUSES A55 MAYHEM by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
In one way the destruction of Robert Stephenson's mighty Britannia bridge across the Menai Strait in 1970 was a blessing in disguise.
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
A RAFT race on the Menai Strait has helped raise more than pounds 50,000 for charity.
Raft race raises more than pounds 50,000 by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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