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Peeblesshire

Peeblesshire proper noun: a historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975, being replaced by Tweeddale district in the Scottish Borders region. The county town was Peebles.

Proper noun

Peeblesshire

  1. A historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975, being replaced by Tweeddale district in the Scottish Borders region. The county town was Peebles.

Origin of Peeblesshire

From Peebles + -shire.

Questions about Peeblesshire

What does Peeblesshire mean?
Peeblesshire means a historical county of Scotland which was abolished in 1975, being replaced by Tweeddale district in the Scottish Borders region. The county town was Peebles.
What part of speech is Peeblesshire?
Peeblesshire is a proper noun.

Words near Peeblesshire in the dictionary

  1. pee-yew
  2. pee-you
  3. peeanies
  4. peeany
  5. Peebles
  6. Peeblesshire
  7. peebrain
  8. peece
  9. peeced
  10. PeeCee
  11. PeeCees

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