Caithnessnoun
/ˈkeɪθ.nes//ˈkeɪθ.nes/an area of northeastern Scotland that was a county (= area with its own local government) until 1975:
John O'Groats, Caithness, is the furthest village from Land's End on the British mainland.
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- Twelve miles from our Caithness home, across the stormy waters of the Pentland Firth, lie the Orkney Islands.
- Sutherland, Caithness and Ross-shire offer wonderful game fishing amidst some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery.
- Caithness, mainland Scotland's most northerly county, is quite unlike its wilder neighbour, Sutherland.
- At BT's Thurso help desk in Caithness, 30 staff provide on-line help to BT computer users in London.
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