Roxburgh

[ roks-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or, especially British, -bruh ]

noun
  1. a historic county in SE Scotland.

  • Also called Rox·burgh·shire [roks-bur-oh-sheer, -sher, -buhr-, -bruh-]. /ˈrɒks bɜr oʊˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -bʌr-, -brə-/.

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How to use Roxburgh in a sentence

  • Nonetheless, Roxburgh and Ketchum in this time period urged the Kremlin to open up more with western reporters in Moscow.

  • In this period, Roxburgh said Ketchum was receiving $1 million a month to provide PR consulting to Russia.

  • Bruce agreed to raise no new fortresses132 within the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Dumfries.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • I wish they were not coming here all the same, for I know they will be disappointed; and Roxburgh is not a place to be poor in.

    Salome | Emma Marshall
  • It had given Roxburgh its fame; and now, being out of repute, was cast aside and renounced.

    Salome | Emma Marshall
  • Roxburgh mentions one, punusa, but Piddington does not admit it into his Index.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle
  • Roxburgh had seen it in the forests of Chittagong,1533 in the form of Musa sapientum.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle