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Powys
[poh-is]
noun
John Cowper, 1872–1963, English author.
his brother Llewelyn, 1884–1939, English author.
his brother Theodore Francis, 1875–1953, English author.
a county in E Wales. 1,960 sq. mi. (5,077 sq. km).
Powys
1/ ˈəʊɪ /
noun
John Cowper (ˈkuːpə). 1872–1963, British novelist, essayist, and poet, who spent much of his life in the US His novels include Wolf Solent (1929), A Glastonbury Romance (1932), and Owen Glendower (1940)
his brother, Llewelyn. 1884–1939, British essayist and journalist
his brother, T ( heodore ) F ( rancis ). 1875–1953, British novelist and short-story writer, noted for such religious fables as Mr Weston's Good Wine (1927) and Unclay (1931)
Powys
2/ ˈ貹ʊɪ /
noun
a county in E Wales, formed in 1974 from most of Breconshire, Montgomeryshire, and Radnorshire. Administrative centre: Llandrindod Wells. Pop: 129 300 (2003 est). Area: 5077 sq km (1960 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Rose Geraedts, originally from the Netherlands, has lived in Brecon, Powys, for 20 years and runs the International Welsh Rarebit Centre.
Hanan's first time at Hay Festival in the Powys town of Hay-on-Wye was seven years ago as a selected writer joining the Writers at Work programme, which aims to support emerging Welsh talent.
On Thursday, he praised Swansea Bay, Hywel Dda, and Powys health boards for having no patients waiting more than two years for treatment.
About 10 cats have disappeared from the Garth Owen area of Newtown, Powys, in the past year, many in the last few months, said Kelly Healy, who represents the area for Powys council.
The levels of Crai Reservoir in Powys have dropped, so the company is now taking more water from its Felindre reservoirs in the Swansea valleys instead.
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