Ayrshire

[air-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. one of a Scottish breed of hardy dairy cattle having long, curving horns.

2. Also called Ayr. a historic county in SW Scotland.

Ayrshire

/ ˈɛəʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire

2. any one of a hardy breed of brown-and-white dairy cattle

Example Sentences

North Ayrshire trading standards confirmed it had received seven complaints about McMaster's businesses in 2023.

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Vance flew to Scotland on Air Force Two with his family on Wednesday and is staying at a plush country estate on the outskirts of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.

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The vice-president is believed to be staying in Ayrshire, just north of Galloway, the area he says his forebears left in the 17th Century.

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Vance is on a private family holiday, and will stay in a plush country estate in the outskirts of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.

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He was released early on licence but within days he resumed his offending in Ayrshire and Glasgow.

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