Tayside Region

British

/ ˈteɪˌsaɪd /

noun

a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross

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The appointment of Jason Grant, a former personal trainer, as the coordinator of the menstruation dignity plan in Scotland’s Tayside region, north of Edinburgh, led to bewilderment and widespread criticism.

From New York Times

The beaver population in the Tayside region, where the two animals were spotted, was estimated to be 250 in 2016, up from 146 in 2012, according to the Scottish Government.

From Fox News

A Sepa warning issued for the Tayside region, which is expected to be one of the worst areas to be hit, said river levels in the region were expected to rise over the next 48 hours.

From BBC

By the end of the first year, 55 mothers in the city of Dundee, which has a population of 140,000, had quit smoking using the incentive scheme, and 140 had quit across the coastal Tayside region of eastern Scotland.

From Reuters

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