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Powys

noun
1.
British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939).  Synonym: Llewelyn Powys.
2.
British writer of allegorical novels; one of three literary brothers (1875-1953).  Synonym: Theodore Francis Powys.
3.
British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963).  Synonym: John Cowper Powys.






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... was reckoned Gwenwyn, (or more properly Gwenwynwen, though we retain the briefer appellative,) a British prince who continued exercising a precarious sovereignty over such parts of Powys-Land as had not been subjugated by the Mortimers, Guarines, Latimers, FitzAlans, and other Norman nobles, who, under various pretexts, and sometimes contemning all other save the open avowal of superior force, ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott

... Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff**, Ceredigion*, Carmarthenshire*, Conwy, Denbighshire*, Flintshire*, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire*, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire*, Powys*, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea**, Torfaen, The Vale ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency



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