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Peeblesshire

[pee-buhlz]

Pee·bles

[pee-buhlz]
noun
a historic county in S Scotland.
Also called Pee·bles·shire [pee-buhlz-sheer, -sher, -buhl-] , Tweeddale.
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Peeblesshire (ˈpiːbəlzˌʃɪə, -ʃə)
 
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Also called: Tweeddale (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland, now part of Scottish Borders

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Peeblesshire

historic county of southeastern Scotland that forms a triangle between the historic counties of Midlothian (north and northeast), Selkirkshire (east and southeast), Dumfriesshire (south), and Lanarkshire (west). It lies entirely within the Scottish Borders council area.

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