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Aberystwyth , town (1991 pop. 10,250), Ceredigion, W Wales, on Cardigan Bay. It is a summer resort and cultural center. Before the construction of railroads, Aberystwyth was a coastal trading center. The town is the seat of a constituent institution of the Univ. of Wales and of the National Library of Wales, which has an outstanding collection of Welsh manuscripts.

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Aberystwyth. Town at the mouths of the Ystwyth and Rheidol rivers; one of several traditional burial-places of Taliesin.

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