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dumfries and galloway

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
dum-fries and -gal-loway
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, formerly a region created in 1975 from the counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.

name

The UK Parliament constituency, which, despite its name, does not cover the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway council area.

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What does dumfries and galloway mean?
A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, formerly a region created in 1975 from the counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.

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