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Forfar

American  
[fawr-fer, -fahr] / ˈfɔr fər, -fɑr /

noun

  1. a town in the Tayside region, in eastern Scotland.

  2. former name of Angus.

Forfar British  
/ ˈfɔːfər, -fɑː /

noun

  1. a market town in E Scotland, the administrative centre of Angus: site of a castle, residence of Scottish kings between the 11th and 14th centuries. Pop: 13 206 (2001)

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Bonnyrigg Rose will be guaranteed to finish 10th unless they beat Forfar on Saturday.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

Elgin's lead was short-lived as Forfar hit back almost immediately.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Dawn Fernand, 33, from Forfar, lost her daughter Fern in November 2014 when she was seven weeks old.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Since then - four losses to Celtic, further exits at the hands of Hibs and St Mirren, Aberdeen and Motherwell, St Johnstone and Forfar, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Falkirk.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023

It is a sheriffdom and there is a resident sheriff-substitute at Dundee and another at Forfar, the county town, and courts are held also at Arbroath.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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