Kilmarnock

American

[kil-mahr-nuhk] / kɪlˈmɑr nək /

noun

Official Name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
a city in this district, SW of Glasgow.

Kilmarnock British

/ kɪlˈmɑːnək /

noun

a town in SW Scotland, the administrative centre of East Ayrshire: associations with Robert Burns; engineering and textile industries; whisky blending. Pop: 43 588 (2001)

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They were committed at Nazareth House homes in Lasswade, Midlothian and Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, and at an unknown address in Dunbar, East Lothian.

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In their only blip in form this season, they were held by St Mirren, Dundee United, Motherwell and Kilmarnock, and lost to a struggling Aberdeen side.

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The 54-year-old, from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, has been working for the same retail company since the age of 17 and receives more than the National Minimum Wage.

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She was back home in Kilmarnock to visit her grandad after he had a stroke.

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"I didn't know who Adele was but she's a girl from Kilmarnock and she's the same age as all of us," says Abbie, who is now 35.

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