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Dunblane

Dunblane proper noun: a town in Stirling council area, Scotland; historically it was a royal burgh in Perthshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NN7801), infamous for the mass shooting that happened there in 1996.

Proper noun

Dunblane

  1. A town in Stirling council area, Scotland; historically it was a royal burgh in Perthshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NN7801), infamous for the mass shooting that happened there in 1996.
    1. (broadly, proscribed) The mass shooting itself.

Questions about Dunblane

What does Dunblane mean?
Dunblane means a town in Stirling council area, Scotland; historically it was a royal burgh in Perthshire until 1975 (OS grid ref NN7801), infamous for the mass shooting that happened there in 1996.
What part of speech is Dunblane?
Dunblane is a proper noun.

Words near Dunblane in the dictionary

  1. Dunbarton
  2. Dunbartonshire
  3. Dunbible
  4. dunbird
  5. dunbirds
  6. Dunblane
  7. Dunbogan
  8. Dunboyne
  9. Dunbridge
  10. Dunbrough
  11. Dunbroughs

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