Dumfries

[ duhm-frees ]

/ dʌmˈfris /

Also called Dum·fries·shire

[duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in S Scotland.

a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.

Example sentences from the Web for dumfriesshire

The minister of a parish in Dumfriesshire had a man who had long and faithfully served at the manse.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character |Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Tom had carried his pigs to a better than any Dumfriesshire market.

Bonnie Scotland |A.R. Hope Moncrieff
In Scotland this is generally a very rare butterfly, but has latterly been abundant in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.

British Butterfiles |W. S. Coleman
She is, indeed, “something distinct from the Dumfriesshire gipsy”—in truth, she rather resembles the Ulrica of “Ivanhoe.”

The Pirate |Sir Walter Scott

He was born of poor parents at the little village of Ecclefechan, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Modern English Books of Power |George Hamlin Fitch

Dumfriesshire

/ (dʌmˈfriːsˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

(until 1975) a county in S Scotland, on the Solway Firth, now part of Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries

/ (dʌmˈfriːs) /

a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)