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Banff

American  
[bamf] / bæmf /

noun

  1. Also called Banffshire.  a historic county in NE Scotland.

  2. a seaport in this district.

  3. a resort town in Banff National Park.


Banff British  
/ bæmf /

noun

  1. a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop: 3991 (2001)

  2. a town in Canada, in SW Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains: surrounded by Banff National Park . Pop: 7135 (2001)

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Apprentice builder Mr Golebiewski, from Banff, was one of three passengers in the car that crashed in Macduff's Union Road in the early hours of Sunday 8 September.

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Apprentice builder Adam, from Banff, was one of three passengers in the car that crashed in Macduff's Union Road in the early hours of Sunday 8 September.

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Two people are dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies.

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On the north coast of Scotland at Banff Castle, a "full programme of music, dance and entertainment" is slated for VE Day.

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"They made me feel sort of special in there, even though I was just a boy from Banff that ended up in there."

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