Banff

[ bamf ]

/ bæmf /

Also called Banff·shire

[bamf-sheer, -sher] /ˈbæmf ʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in NE Scotland.

a seaport in this district.

a resort town in Banff National Park.

Example sentences from the Web for banffshire

The Banffshire Agricultural Association holds shows periodically for all sorts of stock and produce and agricultural implements.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 |Various
From the singing of an old woman in Buckie, Enzie, Banffshire.

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Volume I of 5) |Various
The other individual mentioned by Sibbald, as having come ashore at Boyne, in Banffshire, was probably a razor-back.

Principles of Geology |Charles Lyell
Ballindalloch (near), Banffshire:reputed chambered mound, 117.

The Testimony of Tradition |David MacRitchie

In Banffshire the peat fires are covered with ashes and smoothed down.

Threads of Grey and Gold |Myrtle Reed

Banffshire

/ (ˈbæmfˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

(until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire

Banff

/ (bæmf) /

a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop: 3991 (2001)

a town in Canada, in SW Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains: surrounded by Banff National Park . Pop: 7135 (2001)