Dumfries
[ duhm-frees ]
/ dʌmˈfris /
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noun
Also called Dum·fries·shire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher]. /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in S Scotland.
a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.
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Dumfries
/ (dʌmˈfriːs) /
noun
a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)
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