Renfrewshire

/ -ʃə, ˈrɛnfruːʃɪə /

noun

1. a council area of W central Scotland, on the River Clyde W of Glasgow: corresponds to part of the historical county of Renfrewshire; part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: agricultural and residential, with clothing and manufacturing industries in Paisley. Administrative centre: Paisley. Pop: 170 980 (2003 est). Area: 261 sq km (101 sq miles)

2. a former county of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; now covered by the council areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, and Inverclyde

Example Sentences

In the prosperous Renfrewshire village of Bridge of Weir, the hoisting of saltires has led to a row on the local Facebook group.

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Four men have been jailed for murdering a man who had dropped his girlfriend off outside her house in East Renfrewshire.

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He was MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South from 1997 until 2015 and was re-elected in Lothian East last year.

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She was elected as the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, ousting the former Labour cabinet secretary Douglas Alexander, with her victory there coming as the SNP captured all but three of the seats in Scotland in the 2015 general election.

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Richard Lee, 39, was discovered on Greenock Road, in the Renfrewshire town, at about 02:35 on Thursday.

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