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Dunfermline

[ duhn-furm-lin, -ferm-, duhm- ]

noun

  1. an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
  2. a city in this district, near the Firth of Forth.


Dunfermline

/ dʌnˈfɜːmlɪn /

noun

  1. a city in E Scotland, in SW Fife: ruined palace, a former residence of Scottish kings. Pop: 39 229 (2001)


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Arran could not recover his claims, on whatever they were founded, over the wealth of St. Andrews and Dunfermline.

So they came to Culross, after that to Dunfermline, and then to Burntisland, where they began to fortify.

Bruce died in his fifty-fifth year, and was buried in the abbey-church of Dunfermline, as he had desired.

Robert Henryson was a schoolmaster in Dunfermline in the latter part of the 15th century.

Dunfermline proved to be the destination of the Regiment, and on arrival supper was provided by some ladies of the town.

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