Butenoun
/bjuːt//bjuːt/an area of western Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
The council area Argyll and Bute includes the Isle of Bute, which formed part of the traditional County of Bute.
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- He owned over 100,000 acres, mostly in the counties of Bute, Ayr, and Wigtown.
- He travelled on to Bute and thence through the Kyles of Bute to Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne.
- They were taking cattle from Bute to market at Crieff.
- The Dunoon and Bute tourist authorities were linked until 1976, when arguments by officials over policy forced a split.
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