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- proper noun A
peninsula in westernScotland , in the south-west of Argyll and Bute.
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Examples
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We were in Kintyre, a stone's throw from Kilmartin Glen and Dunadd, in the middle of a critical mass of standing stones, ancient forts, and well fought-over castles.
Climate Control as computer game zornhau 2009
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Last year on Arran we could look across to Ardrossan and see ten or a dozen on the hills above, while over on the other side the spine of Kintyre is covered with them.
Archive 2005-06-26 Laban 2005
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Last year on Arran we could look across to Ardrossan and see ten or a dozen on the hills above, while over on the other side the spine of Kintyre is covered with them.
Local Democracy Laban 2005
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At Kintyre, which is 1,600km north-east of Perth, the company will restart an exploration program to confirm the resource and verify previous work and re-establish an exploration camp and infrastructure, the company said in a statement.
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In summer, a roll-on roll-off ferry makes the short crossing to Claonaig in Kintyre.
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Campbeltown is on the Mull of Kintyre, made famous by Paul McCartney and Wings, and I knew the piper who plays the solo on the record, so there!
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The new tee has been borrowed from the Kintyre Course.
Breaking down all 18 holes of British Open host Turnberry 2009
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Machrihanish is five miles from Campbeltown, on the other side of the Kintyre peninsula, and was reached by bus; as a child, I would wait expectantly and then squeal with delight when I saw the sea.
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Twice a day the ocean tidal surge of water is funnelled between the long coast of Kintyre and the equally long Isle of Jura; the bulge of water is squished through a shallow and narrow channel between the North Coast of Jura and the Island of Scarba at 9 knots.
27 July -- Bl Titus Brandsma, O. Carm. John 2009
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Twice a day the ocean tidal surge of water is funnelled between the long coast of Kintyre and the equally long Isle of Jura; the bulge of water is squished through a shallow and narrow channel between the North Coast of Jura and the Island of Scarba at 9 knots.
Found While Looking for Something Else John 2009
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