Dumfries

American  

[duhm-frees] / dʌmˈfris /

noun

1. Also called Dumfriesshire.  a historic county in S Scotland.

2. a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.

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Dumfries British  

/ dʌmˈfriːs /

noun

1. a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)

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Example Sentences

A series of sculptures by Henry Moore and others stood around Glenkiln in Dumfries and Galloway as a bold example of artwork in the countryside.

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The animals include escapees from farms and pigs illegally released into the wild, with the largest numbers found in the Highlands and Dumfries and Galloway.

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The old site near Dalmellington, East Ayrshire, was ruled out due to a range of issues and plans were submitted for the £1.5m observatory in Dumfries and Galloway with two observing domes.

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She said that available rental properties in Dumfries and Galloway were extremely scarce.

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Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was aware of one marking a visit by Mountbatten-Windsor to Castle Douglas Primary School which he opened in 2009.

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