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Pontefract

American  
[pon-tuh-frakt, puhm-frit, pom-] / ˈpɒn təˌfrækt, ˈpʌm frɪt, ˈpɒm- /

noun

  1. a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.

Pontefract British  
/ ˈpɒntɪˌfrækt /

noun

  1. an industrial town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: castle (1069), in which Richard II was imprisoned and murdered (1400). Pop: 28 250 (2001)

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