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Tweeddale

Tweeddale proper noun: the area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.

Proper noun

Tweeddale (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeddales)

  1. (name, traditional) The area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.
  2. A local government district of Scottish Borders, Scotland, which replaced Peeblesshire in 1975, and was abolished in 1996 when Scottish Borders became a unitary authority.
  3. A habitational surname.

Forms of Tweeddale

pluralTweeddales
alternative formTweedale

Origin of Tweeddale

From Tweed + dale.

Questions about Tweeddale

What does Tweeddale mean?
Tweeddale means the area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.
What part of speech is Tweeddale?
Tweeddale is a proper noun.

Words near Tweeddale in the dictionary

  1. Tweed Heads South
  2. Tweed Heads West
  3. Tweedale
  4. Tweedales
  5. Tweedbank
  6. Tweeddale
  7. Tweeddales
  8. tweeded
  9. Tweedie
  10. tweedier
  11. Tweedies

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