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Renfrewshire

/ -ʃə; ˈrɛnfruːʃɪə /

noun

  1. a council area of W central Scotland, on the River Clyde W of Glasgow: corresponds to part of the historical county of Renfrewshire; part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: agricultural and residential, with clothing and manufacturing industries in Paisley. Administrative centre: Paisley. Pop: 170 980 (2003 est). Area: 261 sq km (101 sq miles)
  2. a former county of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; now covered by the council areas of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, and Inverclyde


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Example Sentences

There, a Scottish official advised me to contact the East Renfrewshire Council.

He also visited a small branch of the Church in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

The friends journeyed together through Renfrewshire as far as Inchinnan.

Law gives the nicknames of the Renfrewshire witches, in the Bangarran Case.

Kilmalcolm is a rural parish in Renfrewshire, and one of the most sequestered.

Robert Allan was the son of a respectable flax-dresser in the village of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.

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