Roxburghshirenoun
/ˈrɒks.bər.ə.ʃər//ˈrɑːks.bər.ə.ʃɚ/an area of southern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
Kelso is in Roxburghshire, Scotland.
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- He owns land near Earlston in Roxburghshire.
- A landslide closed the A7 one mile south of Hawick, Roxburghshire.
- Properties in Northumberland and Cumbria tend to cost considerably more than similar examples in neighbouring Dumfries and Galloway and Roxburghshire.
- They married in the Borders town of Hawick, near her parents Roxburghshire home.
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