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Ayrshire

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Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is an historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. [1]

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Air chief marshal (Australia)

Air chief marshal (abbreviated as ACM) is the highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air chief marshal.

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Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.

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Alexander Peden

The Reverend Alexander Peden (162626 January 1686), also known as "Prophet Peden", was one of the leading figures in the Covenanter movement in Scotland.

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Alloway

Alloway (Gaelic Allmhaigh, pronounced) is a conservation village that is now a suburb of Ayr.

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Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher (29 August 186222 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served three separate terms as Prime Minister of Australia – from 1908 to 1909, from 1910 to 1913, and from 1914 to 1915.

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Angus Houston

Air Chief Marshal Sir Allan Grant "Angus" Houston, (born 9 June 1947) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Annbank

Annbank is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as Vallum Antonini, was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde.

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Antoninus Pius

Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius; 19 September 867 March 161 AD), also known as Antoninus, was Roman emperor from 138 to 161.

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Ardrossan

Ardrossan (Gaelic: Àird Rosain, "headland of the small promontory") is a town on the North Ayrshire coast in south-western Scotland.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Auchenharvie Castle

Auchenharvie Castle is a ruined castle near Torranyard on the A 736 Glasgow to Irvine road.

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Auchentiber

The hamlet of Auchentiber (Scottish Gaelic, Achadh an Tiobair) is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Kilwinning, Scotland.

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Auchinleck

Auchinleck (Affleck /; Achadh nan Leac) is a village five miles south-east of Mauchline, and two miles north-west of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

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Ayr

Ayr (Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a large town and former Royal Burgh on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland.

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Ayr (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayr was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2005.

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Ayr Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayr Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.

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Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868, when it was divided into North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.

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Ayrshire and Arran

Ayrshire and Arran is a lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Ballantrae

Ballantrae is a community in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Barony and Castle of Corsehill

The old Barony and castle of Corsehill lay within the feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Stewarton, now East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Barony and Castle of Giffen

The Barony of Giffen and its associated 15th-century castle were in the parish of Beith in the former District of Cunninghame, now North Ayrshire.

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Barr, Ayrshire

Barr is a village in the South West of Ayrshire, Scotland, located approximately from the town of Girvan.

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Barrhill, South Ayrshire

Barrhill (Baurhill) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of approximately 400 in 2001.

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Battle of Largs

The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was an indecisive engagement between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland.

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Beith

Beith is a small town situated in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow.

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Bellsbank

Bellsbank is a village half a mile away from the market town of Dalmellington in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Ben Johnston (Scottish musician)

Ben Hamilton Johnston (born 25 April 1980) is a drummer, vocalist, and songwriter, best known for his work with Scottish group Biffy Clyro.

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Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals).

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Bill Shankly

William Shankly, OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a British talent show competition, and is part of the ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.

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British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer.

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Burgh

A burgh was an autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland and Northern England, usually a town, or toun in Scots.

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Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Bute and Northern Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

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Carrick, Scotland

Carrick (A' Charraig) is a former comital district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire.

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Carsphairn and Scaur Hills

The Carsphairn and Scaur hills are the western and eastern hills respectively of a hill range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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Castle Douglas

Castle Douglas (Caisteal Dhùghlais) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Catrine

Catrine is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons, also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from the British Iron Age into the Middle Ages, at which point their culture and language diverged into the modern Welsh, Cornish and Bretons (among others).

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Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council areas.

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Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)

The Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) is the professional head of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Minister of Defence.

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Cleeves Cove

Cleeves Cove or Blair Cove is a solutional cave system on the Dusk Water in North Ayrshire, Scotland, close to the town of Dalry.

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Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park

Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park is the collective name for areas of countryside set aside for conservation and recreation on the South Clyde estuary in Scotland.

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Coal mining

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.

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Colin Mochrie

Colin Andrew Mochrie (born November 30, 1957) is a Scottish-born Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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Compaq

Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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County of Bute

The County of Bute (Siorrachd Bhòid), also known as Buteshire, is a historic county and registration county of Scotland.

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Coylton

Coylton (Culton) is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Crosshill, South Ayrshire

Crosshill is a small village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Crosshouse

Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about west of Kilmarnock.

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Cumnock

Cumnock (Cumnag in Gaelic) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Cumnock and Doon Valley

Cumnock and Doon Valley (Cumnag agus Srath Dhùin) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1973 to 1996.

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Cunninghame

Cunninghame (Coineagan) is a former comital district of Scotland and also a district of the Strathclyde Region from 1975–1996.

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Dailly

Dailly (Dail Mhaol Chiarain) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dalgarven Mill – Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume

Dalgarven Mill is near Kilwinning, in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland and it is home to the Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume. The watermill has been completely restored over a number of years and is run by the independent Dalgarven Mill Trust. The village of Dalgarven was largely destroyed by the construction of the main A737 road, but the mill buildings survive and are open as a tourist attraction and educational resource, interpreting local history in addition to its role as a museum of Ayrshire country life.

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Dalmellington

Dalmellington (Dawmellinton, Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dalry, North Ayrshire

Dalry is a small town in the Garnock Valley in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dalrymple, East Ayrshire

Dalrymple (Drumple) is a village and parish in Ayrshire, Scotland, lying in the Doon Valley, on the north bank of the River Doon.

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Damnonii

The Damnonii (also referred to as Damnii) were a Brittonic people of the late 2nd century who lived in what became the Kingdom of Strathclyde by the Early Middle Ages, and is now southern Scotland.

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Darvel

Darvel or Dervel (Dairvel, Darbhail) is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dean Castle

Dean Castle is situated in the Dean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as DEC and using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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District of burghs

The Act of Union 1707 and pre-Union Scottish legislation provided for 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scotland to be elected from districts of burghs.

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Dreghorn

Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, to the east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock.

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Drew McIntyre

Andrew McLean Galloway IV (born 6 June 1985) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Drew McIntyre.

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Drongan

Drongan, a former mining village, is situated on the western edge of Ayrshire, some 8 miles from Ayr and 8 miles from Cumnock and has a population of 3,168 approx.

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Drybridge

Drybridge is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

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Dundonald, South Ayrshire

Dundonald (Gaelic: Dùn Dhòmhnaill) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dunure

Dunure (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Iùbhair, meaning Yew Hill) is a small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland about from Ayr, Scotland.

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East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire (Aest Ayrshire, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland.

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Eglinton Country Park

Eglinton Country Park is located in the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference NS 3227 4220).

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Fairlie, North Ayrshire

Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Fenwick, East Ayrshire

Fenwick is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

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Firth of Clyde

The Firth of Clyde is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Scotland, named for the River Clyde which empties into it.

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Galloway Hills

The Galloway hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway.

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Galston, East Ayrshire

Galston (Lowland Scots: Gauston, Scottish Gaelic: Baile nan Gall) is a municipality in East Ayrshire, Scotland which has a population of 5,001 (2001).

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Gatehead, East Ayrshire

The village or hamlet of Gatehead is located in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland.

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George Douglas Brown

George Douglas Brown (26 January 1869 – 28 August 1902) was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters (1901), which was published the year before his death at the age of 33.

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George Houston (artist)

George Houston RSA, RI, RSW (20 January 1869 – 5 October 1947) was a Scottish artist.

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Girvan

Girvan (Inbhir Gharbhain, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow Prestwick Airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport (IATA: PIK, ICAO: EGPK) is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and from the city centre of Glasgow.

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Glengarnock

Glengarnock (Gaelic: Gleann Gairneig) is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland.

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Great Cumbrae

Great Cumbrae (Scots, Muckle Cumbrae; Scottish Gaelic, Cumaradh Mòr; also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is the larger of the two islands known as The Cumbraes in the lower Firth of Clyde in western Scotland.

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Greenock

Greenock (Grianaig) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in Scotland and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Hew Ainslie

Hew Ainslie (5 April 1792 – 11 March 1878) was a Scottish poet.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hurlford

Hurlford (Scottish Gaelic: Àth Cliath or Baile Àtha Cliath) (officially Hurlford and Crookedholm) is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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Insane Championship Wrestling

Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) is a British wrestling promotion based in Glasgow, founded by Mark Dallas in 2006.

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Irvine, North Ayrshire

Irvine (Irvin, Irbhinn) is an ancient settlement, in medieval times a royal burgh, and now a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Isle of Arran

Arran (Eilean Arainn) or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island, at.

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Jai McDowall

Jai McDowall (born 24 July 1986) is a Scottish singer–songwriter who won the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent in June 2011.

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James Clark (businessman)

James McCosh Clark (12 August 1833 – 26 January 1898) was mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, in the 1880s.

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James Henry McLean

James Henry McLean (August 13, 1829 – August 12, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

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James Johnston (Scottish musician)

JImmy Roberto Johnston (born 25 April 1980) is a bassist, vocalist, and songwriter, best known for his work with Scottish group Biffy Clyro.

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James McCosh

James McCosh (April 1, 1811 – November 16, 1894) was a prominent philosopher of the Scottish School of Common Sense.

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John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland.

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John Boyd Orr

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearns, (23 September 1880 – 25 June 1971), styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, doctor, biologist and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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John Galt (novelist)

John Galt (2 May 1779 – 11 April 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator.

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John Loudon McAdam

John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish engineer and road-builder.

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Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky now owned by Diageo that originated in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.

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Kenneth Campbell (VC)

Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell (21 April 1917 – 6 April 1941) was a Scottish airman, posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for an attack which damaged the German battlecruiser ''Gneisenau'', moored in Brest, France.

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Kilbirnie

Kilbirnie (Gaelic: Cill Bhraonaigh) is a small town of 7642 inhabitants situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland.

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Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock (Cille Mheàrnaig, "Meàrnag's church") is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 46,350, making it the 15th most populated place in Scotland and the second largest town in Ayrshire.

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Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency)

Kilmarnock was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.

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Kilmarnock and Loudoun (district)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cill Mhearnaig agus Lughdan) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.

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Kilmarnock Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Kilmarnock Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918.

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Kilmaurs

Kilmaurs is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which lies just outside of the largest settlement in East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock.

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Kilwinning

Kilwinning (from Cill D’Fhinnein) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland (Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Kinrick o Scotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843.

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Kingdom of Strathclyde

Strathclyde (lit. "Strath of the River Clyde"), originally Ystrad Clud or Alclud (and Strath-Clota in Anglo-Saxon), was one of the early medieval kingdoms of the Britons in Hen Ogledd ("the Old North"), the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern Scotland and northern England.

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Kirkmichael

Kirkmichael (Gaelic: Cille Mhìcheil, "the church of St. Michael") is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, located between Patna, Maybole and Straiton.

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Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire

Kirkoswald (Kirkossald) is a village and parish in the Carrick district of Ayrshire, Scotland, 1¾ miles from the coast and four miles southwest of Maybole.

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Knockentiber

Knockentiber (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an Tobair, hill of the well) is a village in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland.

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Kyle and Carrick

Kyle and Carrick (A' Chùil agus a' Charraig in Scottish Gaelic) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.

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Kyle, Ayrshire

Kyle (or Coila poetically; Cuil) is a former comital district of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire.

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Laigh Milton Viaduct

Laigh Milton Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Laigh Milton mill to the west of Gatehead in East Ayrshire, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Kilmarnock.

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Large burgh

In 1930, the Scottish burghs were split into two types, large burghs and small burghs.

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Largs

Largs (An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow.

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Leidang

The institution known as leiðangr (Old Norse), leidang (Norwegian), leding (Danish), ledung (Swedish), expeditio (Latin) or sometimes lething (English), was a form of conscription to organise coastal fleets for seasonal excursions and in defence of the realm typical for medieval Scandinavians and, later, a public levy of free farmers.

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List of local government areas in Scotland 1930–75

This is a list of local government areas in Scotland from 1930 to 1975.

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Little Cumbrae

Little Cumbrae (Wee Cumbrae, Cumaradh Beag) is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889.

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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c. 25) reorganised local government in Scotland from 1930, introducing joint county councils, large and small burghs and district councils.

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Local government areas of Scotland (1973–1996)

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Loch Doon

Loch Doon (Loch Dùin) is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland.

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Logan, East Ayrshire

Logan (Scottish Gaelic: An Lagan) is a town in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland.

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Lugar, East Ayrshire

Lugar is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland.

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Lugton

Lugton is a small village or hamlet in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 80 people.

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Maidens

Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Mauchline

Mauchline (Maghlinn) is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Maybole

Maybole (Am Magh Baoghail) is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Monkton, Ayrshire

Monkton is a small village in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Mossblown

Mossblown is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, a little bigger than neighbouring Annbank.

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Muirkirk

Muirkirk (Eaglais an t-Sléibh in Gaelic) is a small village in East Ayrshire, southwest Scotland.

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Neil Oliver

Neil Oliver (born 21 February 1967) is a British television presenter, free-lance archaeologist, conservationist and author.

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New Cumnock

New Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Newmilns

Newmilns and Greenholm is a small burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who is the current First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), in office since November 2014.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Àir a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland.

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North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Ochiltree

Ochiltree is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock.

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Old Dailly

Old Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Philosopher

A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy, which involves rational inquiry into areas that are outside either theology or science.

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Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster (Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of James VI and I. Most of the colonists came from Scotland and England, although there was a small number of Welsh settlers.

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Potato Labour Scandal 1971

The Potato Labour Scandal of 1971 was a scandal that was exposed through investigative journalism initiated on concerns raised by Irish Catholic Priests in Scotland.

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Prestwick

Prestwick is a town in South Ayrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about south-west of Glasgow.

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Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Production line

A production line is a set of sequential operations established in a factory where materials are put through a refining process to produce an end-product that is suitable for onward consumption; or components are assembled to make a finished article.

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Registration county

A registration county was, in Great Britain and Ireland, a statistical unit used for the registration of births, deaths and marriages and for the output of census information.

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Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew (Praefectura Renfroana) is a historic county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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River Ayr

The River Ayr (pronounced like air, Uisge Àir in Gaelic) is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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River Doon

The River Doon (Abhainn Dhùin) is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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River Garnock

The River Garnock (Gairneag / Abhainn Ghairneig), the smallest of Ayrshire's six principal rivers, has its source on the southerly side of the Hill of Stake in the heart of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.

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River Irvine

The River Irvine (Irbhinn) is a river that flows through southwest Scotland.

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River Stinchar

The River Stinchar is a river in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Robert Craufurd

Major-General Robert Craufurd (5 May 1764 – 23 January 1812) was a British soldier.

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Robert Dunsmuir

Robert Dunsmuir (August 31, 1825 – April 12, 1889) was a Scottish-Canadian coal mine developer, owner and operator, railway developer, industrialist and politician in British Columbia.

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Robert Simson

Robert Simson (14 October 1687 – 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter.

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Saltcoats

Saltcoats (Baile an t-Salainn) is a small town on the west coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Sam Torrance

Samuel Robert Torrance OBE (born 24 August 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish common sense realism

Scottish Common Sense Realism, also known as the Scottish School of Common Sense, is a school of philosophy that originated in the ideas of Scottish philosophers Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, James Beattie, and Dugald Stewart during the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment.

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Seamill

Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.

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Sheriffdom

A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland, led by a sheriff principal.

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Shire

A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and some other English speaking countries.

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Shires of Scotland

The counties or shires of Scotland (Siorrachdan na h-Alba) are geographic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages.

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Simon Neil

Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Skelmorlie

Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Small burgh

Small burghs were units of local government in Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 in 1930.

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Solway Firth

The Solway Firth (Tràchd Romhra) is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway.

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Sorn

Sorn (Sorn, meaning a kiln) is a small village in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire (Sooth Ayrshire; Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire.

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South Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Ayrshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1983, when it was abolished.

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Springside, Ayrshire

The village of Springside is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Dreghorn, Scotland.

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Stair, East Ayrshire

Stair is a village in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Steelmaking

Steelmaking is the process for producing steel from iron ore and scrap.

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Stevenston

Stevenston (Steenstoun, Baile Steaphain) is a town and parish in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Stewarton

Stewarton (Stewartoun, Baile nan Stiùbhartach) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Straiton

Straiton is a village on the River Girvan in South Ayrshire in Scotland, mainly built in the 18th century, but with some recent housing.

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Strathclyde

Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".

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Symington, South Ayrshire

Symington is a conservation village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Tarbolton

Tarbolton (Tarbowton) is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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The House with the Green Shutters

The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen.

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The MacDonald Brothers

The MacDonald Brothers, now performing as The Macs, are a Scottish pop folk duo from Ayr, South Ayrshire in Scotland, consisting of brothers Brian and Craig MacDonald.

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The X Factor (UK series 3)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent.

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Thomas Brisbane

Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer.

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Thurgartstone

The Thurgartstone or Ogrestone is a famous stone near Dunlop in East Ayrshire in Scotland.

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Tom Hunter

Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

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Tom McKillop

Sir Thomas Fulton Wilson "Tom" McKillop, FRS, FRSE (born 19 March 1943) is a Scottish chemist, who was CEO of AstraZeneca PLC from 1999 until 2006 and chairman of the RBS Group from 2006 until 2008.

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Troon

Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport.

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Turnberry (golf course)

The Trump Turnberry is a golf resort on the coast of the outer Firth of Clyde in southwestern Scotland owned by United States President Donald Trump.

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Turnberry Castle

Turnberry Castle is a fragmentary ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish, near Maybole in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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Viper (wrestler)

Kimberly Benson (born May 6, 1991) is a Scottish professional wrestler best known under the ring name Viper.

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Water of Girvan

The Water of Girvan (or River Girvan) (Garbhan / Abhainn Gharbhain) is a river in South Ayrshire, which has its source at Loch Braden Reservoir in the Carrick Forest section of Galloway Forest Park.

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West Kilbride

West Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Iar) is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the west coast by the Firth of Clyde, looking across the Firth of Clyde to Goat Fell and the Isle of Arran.

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Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (often known as simply Whose Line?) is an improvisational comedy show, which was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom, where it was hosted by Clive Anderson from 1988 to 1999.

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William McIlvanney

William McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet.

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William Murdoch

William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish engineer and inventor.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.

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WWE NXT

WWE NXT, also simply called NXT, is a professional wrestling television program that is produced by WWE and is broadcast on the WWE Network every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrshire

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