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Berwickshire

British  
/ ˈbɛrɪkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The route followed the east coast through Berwickshire, the Borders and East Lothian before reaching the finish at the Ross Bandstand in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

Det Con Irvine said the pair's home in Lamberton, Berwickshire, was searched in May 2021.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2024

The research was conducted around five shipwrecks off the Berwickshire coast, which are all thought to have sunk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From Science Daily Nov. 23, 2023

"It isn't just for people who are interested in cars or interested in farming or interested in Berwickshire, it has a general appeal."

From BBC May 26, 2022

He studied medicine, but found it not to his liking and turned instead to farming, which he followed in a relaxed and scientific way on the family estate in Berwickshire.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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