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Teviotdale

Teviotdale proper noun: the valley of the River Teviot in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, in which the town of Hawick is located.

Proper noun

Teviotdale

  1. The valley of the River Teviot in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, in which the town of Hawick is located.
  2. By extension, an area covering much of the old county of Roxburghshire.
    • How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90, words written by Scott
  3. A community on the border of Perth County and Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A surname.

Origin of Teviotdale

From Teviot + dale.

Questions about Teviotdale

What does Teviotdale mean?
Teviotdale means the valley of the River Teviot in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, in which the town of Hawick is located.
What part of speech is Teviotdale?
Teviotdale is a proper noun.

Words near Teviotdale in the dictionary

  1. Teversham
  2. Tevet
  3. tevilah
  4. Tevin
  5. Teviot
  6. Teviotdale
  7. Teviston
  8. tew
  9. Tewa
  10. Tewa Village
  11. Tewahedo

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