Ayr

[ air ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Scotland.
2. Ayrshire ( def 2 ).

Ayr

/ ɛə /

noun

1. a port in SW Scotland, in South Ayrshire. Pop: 46 431 (2001)

Example Sentences

Percy advanced through Annandale to Ayr, and, two or three days later, stood face to face with the insurgents near Irvine.

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On April 26, he held a parliament at Ayr, and carefully settled the succession to the throne.

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Ayr is one of the objective points of nearly every tourist who enters Scotland.

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But we were already behind schedule and the afternoon found us on the road to Ayr.

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It is said that the losses caused by them in the county of Ayr alone amounted to over 11,000 pounds sterling.

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