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Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire proper noun: a historical county of Scotland, with its county town in Selkirk. It was abolished in 1975, becoming part of Ettrick and Lauderdale district in the Scottish Borders region.

Proper noun

Selkirkshire

  1. (historical) A historical county of Scotland, with its county town in Selkirk. It was abolished in 1975, becoming part of Ettrick and Lauderdale district in the Scottish Borders region.

Origin of Selkirkshire

From Selkirk + -shire.

Questions about Selkirkshire

What does Selkirkshire mean?
Selkirkshire means a historical county of Scotland, with its county town in Selkirk. It was abolished in 1975, becoming part of Ettrick and Lauderdale district in the Scottish Borders region.
What part of speech is Selkirkshire?
Selkirkshire is a proper noun.

Words near Selkirkshire in the dictionary

  1. selkies
  2. Selkirk
  3. Selkirk Rex
  4. Selkirk Rexes
  5. Selkirk's violet
  6. Selkirkshire
  7. Selks
  8. Selkup
  9. Selkups
  10. sell
  11. sell against the box

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