Nairnshire

Nairnshire

Nairnshire (spr. nǟrnschir), schott. Grafschaft, von den Grafschaften Inverneß und Elgin umgeben, südlich vom Moray Firth, 556 qkm (10,1 QM.) groß mit (1901) 9291 Einw. (von denen [1891] 2487 neben Englisch Gälisch sprachen), wird von dem in den Moray Firth mündenden Fluß Nairn durchflossen und hat Nairn zur Hauptstadt. Vgl. Rampini, A bistory of Moray and N. (Edinb. 1897).


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