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Conwy formerly Conway, town (1981 pop. 12,969), Conwy, N Wales, at the mouth of the Conwy (Conway) River. Conwy is a picturesque tourist town with several notable old structures. A high wall (13th cent.) encloses the old town, and a 13th-century church and castle remain. The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art occupies the Elizabethan mansion Plas Mawr.

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Conwy, Wales/UK Conguoy, Aberconuy, Aberconway, Conway ‘(Place on the River) Conway'. The river name is Celtic and means ‘reedy one’. Aberconway meant ‘Mouth of the (River) Conway’ from the Old Welsh aber.

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