English Explanatory Dictionary

Tweeddale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.
  2. A local government district of Scottish Borders, Scotland, which replaced Peeblesshire in 1975, and was abolished in 1996 when Scottish Borders became a unitary authority.
  3. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Tweeddale Tweeddales Tweedale

Etymology

From Tweed + dale.

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