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Dumfriesshire

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/ -ʃə, dʌmˈfriːsˌʃɪə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county in S Scotland, on the Solway Firth, now part of Dumfries and Galloway

"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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There are three potential sites in Scotland - in Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire and at Grangemouth, in Stirlingshire.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

And it said that if there was no significant rainfall over the next seven days, the River Esk in Dumfriesshire would be raised to "significant scarcity".

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Both the Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid and David Mundell, the MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, have yet to declare their allegiances.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022

He was initially a ground campaigner and organiser for Better Together, and a campaigner with David Mundell in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2022

For one mile of its course the Esk, and for 7 m. of its course the Sark, form the boundaries between Dumfriesshire and Cumberland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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