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Dunbartonshire

British  
/ -ʃə, dʌnˈbɑːtənʃɪə /

noun

  1. a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire

"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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At the end of 2025, the three most affordable areas to live in Great Britain were East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, and Aberdeenshire.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Staff at an East Dunbartonshire secondary school are being balloted on strike action over "serious health and safety concerns".

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

Earlier this year East Dunbartonshire Council was fined in the criminal courts after admitting breaching health and safety conditions at Balmuildy Primary School, Bishopbriggs in 2020.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2025

East Dunbartonshire Council is seeking to site the new Lenzie Academy on Whitegates Park - a proposal that has sparked angry protests from locals concerned at the loss of greenspace.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

On an inn-window at Tarbet, in Dunbartonshire, is perhaps the longest specimen of brittle rhymes ever written.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829 by Various

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