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Kirkcaldy

American  
[ker-kawl-dee, -kaw-dee, -kah-] / kərˈkɔl di, -ˈkɔ di, -ˈkɑ- /

noun

  1. a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.


Kirkcaldy British  
/ kɜːˈkɔːdɪ /

noun

  1. a port in E Scotland, in SE Fife on the Firth of Forth. Pop: 46 912 (2001)

"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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Of Greenspan’s many speeches, one he was especially proud of was a tribute to the Scottish founder of modern economics, Adam Smith, delivered in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in 2005.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Dr Beth Upton and NHS Fife were taken to a tribunal by nurse Sandie Peggie after she was suspended over an incident in the female changing room in Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2026

Valente's was started in Kirkcaldy by Marco's great-grandfather in 1921.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

The animals were seen stranded on the beach front at Kirkcaldy promenade as well as on a nearby rocky section of the coastline on Monday.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

Her old tutor, Irving, was now at Kirkcaldy, where he became engaged to a Miss Martin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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