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Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire proper noun: a historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Stonehaven. Most of the county was taken into Kincardine and Deeside district in Grampian Region.

Proper noun

Kincardineshire

  1. A historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Stonehaven. Most of the county was taken into Kincardine and Deeside district in Grampian Region.

Origin of Kincardineshire

From Kincardine + -shire, after a town that ceased to exist in the Middle Ages (not from other places named Kincardine).

Questions about Kincardineshire

What does Kincardineshire mean?
Kincardineshire means a historical county of Scotland abolished in 1975, the county town was Stonehaven. Most of the county was taken into Kincardine and Deeside district in Grampian Region.
What part of speech is Kincardineshire?
Kincardineshire is a proper noun.

Words near Kincardineshire in the dictionary

  1. Kincannon
  2. Kincannons
  3. Kincardine
  4. Kincardine and Deeside
  5. Kincardine O'Neil
  6. Kincardineshire
  7. kincentric ecology
  8. Kincer
  9. Kincers
  10. Kinch
  11. kinchaku

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