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Kirkcudbright

American  
[ker-koo-bree] / kərˈku bri /

noun

  1. a historic county in SW Scotland.


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In Scotland there are dozens, from Ullapool to Kirkcudbright, but mostly clustered in cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh.

From BBC May 9, 2025

The bridge was constructed in 1926, replacing a Victorian bridge built in 1868, and provides a direct route west out of Kirkcudbright.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2025

A closing date has been set for noon on Tuesday for potential bidders for Barlocco - which sits in Fleet Bay near Kirkcudbright.

From BBC May 16, 2023

"We know that people in the south-west, Kirkcudbright area like them, and they've been included in several exhibitions in the past."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2022

The sceptic and the latitudinarian may smile superciliously at these predictions, but they have been verified by inquiries conducted at centres as wide apart as Bury St. Edmunds, Rotherham, Dawlish, Rickmansworth, Kirkcudbright, and Cape Clear.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 by Various

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