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Port Erroll

Port Erroll proper noun: a settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936).

port erroll: a settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref...
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Proper noun

Port Erroll

  1. A settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936)
    • By the 1890s, however, efforts were being made to popularise Port Errol ^([sic]) and Cruden Bay as seaside resorts, and on August 24, 1893, a branch was authorised from Ellon to Cruden Bay, and thence northwards to the fishing haven of Boddam.1956 January, H. A. Vallance, “Northwards from Aberdeen”, in Railway Magazine, page 12

Questions about Port Erroll

What does Port Erroll mean?
Port Erroll means a settlement and harbour next to Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0936).
What part of speech is Port Erroll?
Port Erroll is a proper noun.

Words near Port Erroll in the dictionary

  1. Port Dundas
  2. Port Eglinton
  3. Port Elizabeth
  4. Port Ellen
  5. Port Erin
  6. Port Erroll
  7. Port Everglades
  8. Port Eynon
  9. Port Fairy
  10. port flip
  11. port flips

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