a town in South Wales, the capital of the county of the same name, on the Irish Channel. It is a borough sending one member to parliament in conjunction with Aberystwith, Lampeter, and Adpar. It has two markets weekly, on Tuesday and Saturday. The river Tivey runs by it to the sea. The castle, once an extensive pile, is now dilapidated. It is 233 miles from London. The inhabitants amounted in 1811 to 2129, in 1821 to 2397, and in 1831 to 2795.