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Caithness

American  
[keyth-nes, keyth-nes] / ˈkeɪθ nɛs, keɪθˈnɛs /

noun

  1. a historic county in NE Scotland.


Caithness British  
/ keɪθˈnɛs, ˈkeɪθnɛs /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland

"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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It is understood US military aircraft landed at small civilian airports in Wick in Caithness and Benbecula in the Western Isles during the operation on 7 January.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

In 2020 Gail Ross, the SNP's MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, announced that she would not seek re-election as she wanted to watch her son grow up.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

The legislation, which was passed 10 years ago, created 30 marine protected areas around Scotland - including around the Summer Isles and the cliffs of east Caithness.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2024

Jenny Paterson spent three-and-a-half hours using a rake, spade and bucket to fill in holes on a rutted section of Bridge Street in Halkirk, Caithness.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

Long barrows are by no means of such frequent occurrence in Britain as the round variety; they are most common in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Dorset, and occur as far north as Caithness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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