Ayrshire

American  

[air-sheer, -sher] / ˈɛər ʃɪər, -ʃər /

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.

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Ayrshire British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Its members meet at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, Scotland, where charity The King's Foundation is based, which will get the money raised.

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Finally there is the party's old Scots fiefdom, stretching from Ayrshire in the west through the central belt to Fife in the east, where the SNP have dominated with a pro-independence, pro-European message since 2015.

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In North Ayrshire, the Arran outdoor education centre could be closed to save cash.

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But no-one embodied it more fully than Nicola Sturgeon, from a working class Ayrshire background, who had also been the first in her family to go to university.

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Originally from Irvine in North Ayrshire, she has campaigned for the SNP since she was a teenager.

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