Wigtown

[ wig-tuh n, -toun ]

/ ˈwɪg tən, -ˌtaʊn /

a historic county in SW Scotland.

Also called Wig·town·shire

[wig-tuh n-sheer, -sher, -toun-] /ˈwɪg tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -ˌtaʊn-/.

Example sentences from the Web for wigtownshire

As to my dear sister and myself, there were, as I have shown, stronger reasons still to make us love the Wigtownshire moors.

The Mystery of Cloomber |Arthur Conan Doyle
Barrett mentions a single specimen from Wigtownshire in Scotland.

The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series |Richard South
There are several of about the same height at Galloway House in Wigtownshire.

Trees. A Woodland Notebook |Herbert Maxwell
Wigtownshire , the most southerly county in Scotland, in the SW.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

A celebrated witch connected with Wigtownshire was Maggie Osborne.

Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland |J. Maxwell Wood

Wigtownshire

/ (ˈwɪɡtənˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

(until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway