Wigtownshirenoun
/ˈwɪɡ.tən.ʃər//ˈwɪɡ.tən.ʃɚ/an area of southwestern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
Stranraer is the largest town in Wigtownshire.
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- Bladnoch, based in Wigtownshire, is Scotland's southern-most malt whisky distillery.
- Robert McNeillie was a blacksmith's son from Garlieston in Wigtownshire.
- He returned to his native Wigtwonshire as farms manager at Balker Home Farm.
- the Wigtownshire village of Glenluce
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