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  • proper noun A mountainous region in the Scottish Highlands
  • proper noun A national park within this region.

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Examples

  • If the EU funding bid is successful the money would be spent on trial trapping projects in areas across the UK where mink are abundant, such as Cairngorms National Park, East Yorkshire and Somerset.

    unknown title 2009

  • If the EU funding bid is successful, the money would be spent on trial trapping projects in areas across the UK where mink are abundant, such as Cairngorms National Park, East Yorkshire and Somerset.

    unknown title 2009

  • If the EU funding bid is successful the money would be spent on trial trapping projects in areas across the UK where mink are abundant, such as Cairngorms National Park, East Yorkshire and Somerset.

    unknown title 2009

  • This is not the looming mountainous terrain of the Cairngorms a little further north: this is the softer side of Scotland and, especially if you're blessed with a little gentle Scottish sun, there are few sites more relaxing.

    The 10 best campsites for food lovers 2011

  • End Mar-Oct; £6 per adult per night, £2 per child 3-10 per night; 01974 272444Taking its name from the host of ducks that live there – fans of aylesburies, carolinas, mandarins, pintails and whistlers, roll right up – this tiny independent hostel half a mile up a forest track on the edge of the Cairngorms possesses one of the most entrancing campsites you could wish for.

    The 10 best secluded campsites 2011

  • The Aviemore Sled Dog Rally is a two-day trial welcoming more than 200 teams running on a four-mile track around Loch Morlich in Scotland's Cairngorms.

    The Coming Season Lorraine Cademartori 2010

  • I wouldn't be criticising Harman and Johnson if my chancellor were Osborne and Chief Secretary to the Treasury a man whose greatest claim to fame was as Head of Communications for the Cairngorms National Park.

    100 days in, Mr Miliband, you need a plan | Observer editorial 2011

  • Scottish weather stations recorded gusts topping 70mph on the Cairngorms and the Nevis range, near Fort William, where skilifts and gondolas were closed.

    Hurricane Katia: 80mph winds as Britain takes a battering 2011

  • As well as existing deer-farming and meat trade bodies, the initiative is being supported by the Cairngorms national park, the Scottish Gamekeepers Association and the Association of Deer Management groups, a voluntary body that currently oversees deer management on Highland estates.

    Scots landowners lobby for deer farms 2011

  • As head of communications at the Cairngorms National Park authority he presided over such publicity triumphs as "Cairngorms National Park authority visits Tomintoul" and "Have your say on the Speyside Way extension route".

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

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