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Glasgow (pronounced /ˈɡlæzɡoʊ/ Scots: Glesga Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands. A person from...
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| x North Ayrshire |
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Irvine |
North Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ ə t̪uə]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north east, and East Ayrshire,...
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| x North Lanarkshire |
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Motherwell |
North Lanarkshire (Scots: Cooncil o North Lanrickshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter...
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| x Perth and Kinross |
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Perth |
Perth and Kinross (Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland...
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| x East Ayrshire |
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Kilmarnock |
East Ayrshire (Scots: Cooncil o Aest Ayrshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. With...
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| x South Ayrshire |
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Ayr |
South Ayrshire (Scots: Cooncil o Sooth Ayrshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ iɲɪɾʲˈaːɾʲ ə d̊ʲes̪]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire,...
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| x West Dunbartonshire |
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Dumbarton |
West Dunbartonshire (Scots: Cooncil o Wast Dunbartonshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn an Iar, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ ɣunˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ ə ɲiəɾ]) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the...
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| x Moray |
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Elgin |
Moray (pronounced Murray, Scottish Gaelic Moireibh or Moireabh) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
The...
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| x Midlothian |
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Dalkeith |
Midlothian (Scots: Midlowden, Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan Lodainn) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas.
The County of Midlothian used...
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| x Renfrewshire |
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Paisley |
Renfrewshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic Renfrewshire, also known as the County of Renfrew or Greater Renfrewshire,...
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| x West Lothian |
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Livingston |
West Lothian (Scots: Wast Lowden, Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk.
The...
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| x Orkney Islands |
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Kirkwall |
Orkney, also known as the Orkney Islands, (and sometimes incorrectly as "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km) north of the coast of Caithness. Orkney comprises approximately 70 islands of which 20 are...
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| x East Dunbartonshire |
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Kirkintilloch |
East Dunbartonshire (Scots: Cooncil o Aest Dunbartonshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Breatainn an Ear, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ ɣunˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ ə ɲɛɾ]) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the North-west of the City of...
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| x South Lanarkshire |
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Hamilton |
South Lanarkshire (Scots: Cooncil o Sooth Lanrickshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city...
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| x Angus |
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Forfar |
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.
Angus was...
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| x Aberdeenshire |
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Aberdeen |
Aberdeenshire (Scots: Cooncil o Aiberdeenshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.
The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen,...
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| x Fife |
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Glenrothes |
Fife (Scots: Cooncil o Fife, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Fìobha) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. It was originally one of the...
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| x Inverclyde |
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Greenock |
Inverclyde (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Chluaidh, pronounced [iɲɪɾʲˈxɫ̪uəj]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde. Inverclyde is one of three council...
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| x Highland |
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Inverness |
The Highland Council area (Sgìre Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic, pronounced [s̪ɡ̊ʲiːɾʲə kɔ.əɾlə nə ɡ̊ɛː.əɫ̪d̪̊əxɡ̊]) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United...
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| x Dundee |
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Dundee (pronounced /dʌndiː/) (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into...
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| x Shetland Islands |
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Lerwick |
Shetland (from Ȝetland; Old Norse Hjaltland; Faroese Hetland; Old Gaelic Innse C[h]ait; Scottish Gaelic: Sealtainn) is an archipelago in Scotland, off the northeast coast. The islands lie to the northeast of Orkney, 280 km (170 mi) from the Faroe...
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Falkirk |
Falkirk (Scots: Fawkirk, Scottish Gaelic: an Eaglais Bhreac) is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland. It borders onto North Lanarkshire to the south west, Stirling to the north west, West Lothian to the south east and, across...
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| x Scottish Borders |
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Newtown St. Boswells |
The Scottish Borders or simply the Borders (Scots: the Mairches) (Gaelic:Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the...
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| x Dumfries and Galloway |
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Dumfries |
Dumfries and Galloway (Scots: Cooncil o Dumfries an Gallowa; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, pronounced [d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto...
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| x East Lothian |
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Haddington |
East Lothian (Scots: Cooncil o Aest Lowden, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lodainn an Ear) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, UK, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative...
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| x Aberdeen |
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Aberdeen (pronounced /æbərˈdiːn/ ( listen); Scots: Aiberdeen, Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) is Scotland's third most populous city and one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. It has an official population estimate of 210,400....
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| x Clackmannanshire |
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Alloa |
Clackmannanshire or Clacks (Scots: Clackmannanshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a local government council area in Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife.
The council area was created in...
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| x East Renfrewshire |
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Giffnock |
East Renfrewshire (Scots: Cooncil o Aest Renfrewshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern...
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| x Outer Hebrides |
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Stornoway |
The Outer Hebrides, (officially known for local government purposes by the Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The local government area is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland.
The...
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| x Stirling |
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Stirling |
Stirling (Scots: Stirlin, Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea) is one of the 32 unitary local government council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 85,000. It was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 with the boundaries of...
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| x Argyll and Bute |
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Lochgilphead |
Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic, pronounced [ɛr̴əˈɣɛːəɫ̪ ɪs̪ b̊ɔːd̊ʲ]) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead.
Argyll...
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