Bannockburn

[ban-uhk-burn, ban-uhk-burn]

noun

1. a village in central Scotland: site of the victory (1314) of the Scots under Robert the Bruce over the English, which assured the independence of Scotland.

Bannockburn

/ ˈbænəkˌbɜːn /

noun

1. a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)

Example Sentences

For now, though, the thinking behind the debasement trade is failing to hold up, according to Marc Chandler, chief market strategist and managing director at Bannockburn Capital Markets.

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“The pendulum between fear and greed is swinging toward the former,” Bannockburn’s Marc Chandler writes, citing large writedowns at some banks.

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The model was produced using details from two virtual images of The Bruce, who led the Scots to victory over English troops led by King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart took shelter at Bannockburn House in 1746, and it has been said that a shot was fired through the window of the room he was sleeping in.

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The yen's sharp rebound against the dollar was not due to Bank of Japan intervention, said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex in New York.

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