Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852. It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is 8.6 miles to the north-east, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and south-east.

What does the name Caernarvon mean?

Caernarfon was formerly spelt Caernarvon in English, but today the Welsh spelling is universal. “Caer” usually denotes a fortress that pre-dated the stone castles built by the Welsh and Normans. ... The “n” in the middle of Caernarfon is a truncation of “yn”, meaning in. So the name translates as Fortress in Arfon.

What is a Carnafor?

Caernarfon in British English

or Caernarvon or Carnarvon (kɑːˈnɑːvən ) noun. a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle.