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Ayr

American  
[air] / ɛər /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Scotland.

  2. Ayrshire.


Ayr British  
/ ɛə /

noun

  1. a port in SW Scotland, in South Ayrshire. Pop: 46 431 (2001)

"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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About 100 also staged a demonstration in Ayr.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

"We at Ayr Diving Club hope that the powers-that-be will reconsider their plans to phase out diving at the Citadel Leisure Centre."

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Kerr Cruishank, head coach at Ayr Diving Club, learned to dive at the pool from the age of 10.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

"It's a dying trade," 61-year-old Maria Wade said of her job as a "greasy mender" at Alex Begg, a semi-rural mill that has been based in Ayr in southwest Scotland for more than a century.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thick'ning green; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd am'rous round the raptur'd scene.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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