Dumfriesshire

British

/ -ʃə, dʌmˈfriːsˌʃɪə /

noun

(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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I'm standing in a graveyard in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, with the artist Andy Goldsworthy.

From BBC

The UK tested the technology at Dounreay, in the far north of the Highlands, and became a world leader, building the first ever nuclear power stations - with Chapel Cross in Dumfriesshire among the first wave - in 1959.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Ashmole most recently stood for the Scottish Greens in the 2024 General Election in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale seat which was retained by Conservative David Mundell.

From BBC

These included Ayrshire, Galloway, Dumfriesshire and the areas now known as the Scottish Borders.

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023