Kirkcudbright

[ ker-koo-bree ]

/ kərˈku bri /

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noun

a historic county in SW Scotland.

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Also called Kirk·cud·bright·shire

[ker-koo-bree-sheer, -sher]. /kərˈku briˌʃɪər, -ʃər/.

Words nearby Kirkcudbright

And it was I, the passenger, who sailed her into Kirkcudbright, tho' I had never been more than a chief mate before.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
It was the same strange voice that had quelled the mutiny on the John, that had awed the men of Kirkcudbright.
Richard Carvel, Complete|Winston Churchill
In all probability it is now lying at Kirkcudbright, where it was directed.
Charlotte Bront|T. Wemyss Reid
The coast-line of the three counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtown forms the northern shore.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various

I remember that we swept through Kirkcudbright, which was named for St. Cuthbert because his bones were once in the church.
The Heather-Moon|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson