# Carnarvon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #54,675

## Definitions
1. Former spelling of Caernarfon.
2. A coastal town in Western Australia, north of Perth.
3. A small town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
4. A community in Minden Hills, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in Sac County, Iowa, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicisation of Welsh caer + yn + ar Fôn, opposite Môn (Anglesey) .

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carnarvon