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Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire proper noun: a historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries.

Proper noun

Dumfriesshire

  1. A historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries.

Origin of Dumfriesshire

From Dumfries + -shire.

Questions about Dumfriesshire

What does Dumfriesshire mean?
Dumfriesshire means a historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries.
What part of speech is Dumfriesshire?
Dumfriesshire is a proper noun.

Words near Dumfriesshire in the dictionary

  1. dumfounders
  2. dumfounding
  3. dumfounds
  4. Dumfries
  5. Dumfries and Galloway
  6. Dumfriesshire
  7. dumfungled
  8. Dumgoyne
  9. Dumi
  10. Dumingag
  11. Dumitra

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