Dumfries

American  

[duhm-frees] / dʌmˈfris /

noun

1. Also called Dumfriesshire.  a historic county in S Scotland.

2. a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.

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Dumfries British  

/ dʌmˈfriːs /

noun

1. a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)

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Example Sentences

"I have family in Dumfries, so I wouldn't be looking to uproot them and move to Carlisle to take advantage of paying less tax at this amount," he said.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

"When I go to the Glasgow office it is never discussed, but if I'm in the Carlisle or Dumfries offices, it's definitely more of a talking point."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Meanwhile, copies of the Dumfries and Galloway Standard from 16 December 1944 focus on Christmas advertisements and social events.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The programme has been shot across the UK and Ireland, including in Norfolk, Donegal, the River Dee in North Wales and Dumfries and Galloway.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

My Oxford Local Examination work lay this summer not among the little maidens of Dumfries Convent School, but at St. Wilfrid's College at Oakamoor, in the picturesque Staffordshire Highlands, a country quite new to me.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David