Inverurie, the Glossary
Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh or Inbhir Uaraidh, 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen.[1]
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- Towns in Aberdeenshire
A96 road
The A96 is a major road in the north of Scotland.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.
Aberdeen Airport
Aberdeen International Airport (Port-adhair Eadar-nàiseanta Obar Dheathain) is an international airport, located in the Dyce suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately northwest of Aberdeen city centre.
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Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen Harbour, rebranded as the Port of Aberdeen in 2022, is a sea port located in the city of Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland.
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Aberdeen–Inverness line
The Aberdeen–Inverness line is a railway line in Scotland linking and.
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Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (Aiberdeenshire; Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
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Aberdeenshire Canal
The Aberdeenshire Canal was a waterway in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, designed by John Rennie, which ran from the port of Aberdeen to Port Elphinstone, Inverurie.
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Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Aberdeenshire East (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain an Ear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Aberdeenshire.
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Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ("Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland") is the national advisory partnership for Gaelic place names in Scotland.
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Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
Alexander Stewart (c. 13751435) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Mar from 1404.
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Argyll
Argyll (archaically Argyle; Earra-Ghàidheal), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Bagnères-de-Bigorre (literally Bagnères of Bigorre; Banhèras de Bigòrra) is a commune and subprefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées Department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.
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Barry Robson
Barry Gordon George Robson (born 7 November 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.
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Bass of Inverurie
The Bass of Inverurie is the remnant of a motte-and-bailey castle based on a natural mound about high and in diameter to the south of the town of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Battle of Harlaw
The Battle of Harlaw (Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.
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Battle of Inverurie (1308)
The Battle of Inverurie, also known as the Battle of Barra, was fought in the north-east of Scotland and was a victory for the Scottish king Robert Bruce over his chief domestic enemy, John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan.
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Battle of Inverurie (1745)
The Battle of Inverurie was fought on 23 December 1745 at Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Bennachie
Bennachie (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn na Cìche) is a range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Book of Deer
The Book of Deer (Leabhar Dhèir) (Cambridge University Library, MS. Ii.6.32) is a 10th-century Latin Gospel Book with early 12th-century additions in Latin, Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
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Brandsbutt Stone
The Brandsbutt Stone is a class I Pictish symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Brittonic languages
The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; yethow brythonek/predennek; and yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Callum Smith (skier)
Callum Smith (born 12 October 1992) is a British cross-country skier.
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Catholic emancipation
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and later the combined United Kingdom in the late 18th century and early 19th century, that involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws.
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Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland (The Kirk o Scotland; Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland.
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Colony Park F.C.
Colony Park Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
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Culdees
The Culdees (lit) were members of ascetic Christian monastic and eremitical communities of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England in the Middle Ages.
David, Earl of Huntingdon
David of Scotland (1152 – 17 June 1219) was a Scottish prince and Earl of Huntingdon.
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Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles
Donald, Lord of the Isles (Dómhnall; died 1423), was the son and successor of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald.
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Doric dialect (Scotland)
Doric, the popular name for Mid Northern Scots or Northeast Scots, refers to the Scots language as spoken in the northeast of Scotland.
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Dyce
Dyce (Deis) is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, situated on the River Don about northwest of the city centre.
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected.
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Garioch
Garioch (The Geerie,, Gairbheach) is one of six committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Garioch RFC
Garioch RFC is a rugby union club based in Inverurie, Scotland.
Gordon and Buchan (UK Parliament constituency)
Gordon and Buchan is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.
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Hannah Miley
Hannah Louise Miley (born 8 August 1989) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in the Individual Medley.
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The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland.
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International Paper
The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world.
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Inveraray
Inveraray (or; Inbhir Aora meaning "mouth of the Aray") is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Inverurie
Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh or Inbhir Uaraidh, 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen. Inverurie and Inverurie are towns in Aberdeenshire.
Inverurie Academy
Inverurie Academy is a secondary school in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
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Inverurie Hospital
Inverurie Hospital is a small hospital in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Inverurie Loco Works F.C.
Inverurie Loco Works Football Club are a senior semi-professional football club from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL).
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Inverurie Locomotive Works
Inverurie Locomotive Works was created in 1902 when the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) moved their works from Kittybrewster, in Aberdeen about to Inverurie.
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Inverurie railway station
Inverurie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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Inverurie Town Hall
Inverurie Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Inverurie, Scotland.
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Iron Age Europe
In Europe, the Iron Age is the last stage of the prehistoric period and the first of the protohistoric periods,The Junior Encyclopædia Britannica: A reference library of general knowledge.
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Jacobite rising of 1745
The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
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JG Ross
JG Ross is a chain of bakeries based in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
Malcolm IV of Scotland
Malcolm IV (label; Maol Chaluim mac Eanraig), nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden" (between 23 April and 24 May 1141 – 9 December 1165) was King of Scotland from 1153 until his death.
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Market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.
Ogham
Ogham (Modern Irish:; ogum, ogom, later ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
Oil boom
An oil boom is a period of large inflow of income as a result of high global oil prices or large oil production in an economy.
Old Deer
Old Deer (Auld Deer, Dèir) is a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Papermaking
Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes.
Peter Nicol
Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash.
Pictish language
Pictish is an extinct Brittonic Celtic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages.
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Pictish stone
A Pictish stone is a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs.
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Port Elphinstone railway station
Port Elphinstone railway station was a freight depot in Port Elphinstone, Aberdeenshire.
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River Don, Aberdeenshire
The River Don (Abhainn Dheathain) is a river in north-east Scotland.
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River Urie
The River Urie (or River Ury) (Uaraidh / Ùraidh) is a small river in northeastern Scotland situated in the Garioch area of Aberdeenshire.
Roundhouse (dwelling)
A roundhouse is a type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof.
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Royal burgh
A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter.
Scots language
ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
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Seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry.
Souterrain
Souterrain (from French sous terrain, meaning "under ground") is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age.
Squash (sport)
Squash, sometimes called squash rackets, is a racket-and-ball sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball.
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Stagecoach Bluebird
Stagecoach Bluebird (also known by its legal operating name Bluebird Buses Ltd, and formerly Northern Scottish Omnibuses Ltd) is a Scottish bus company which operates bus services in the areas of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
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The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
The Edinburgh Gazette
The Edinburgh Gazette is a newspaper of record (government gazette) of the Government of the United Kingdom, along with The London Gazette and The Belfast Gazette.
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Transport hub
A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes.
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University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
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2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (Сочи 2014), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics (Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (Pyeongchang Icheon sip-pal), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony.
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See also
Towns in Aberdeenshire
- Ballater
- Banchory
- Banff, Aberdeenshire
- Ellon, Aberdeenshire
- Fraserburgh
- Huntly
- Inverbervie
- Inverurie
- Kintore, Aberdeenshire
- Laurencekirk
- List of places in Aberdeenshire
- Macduff, Aberdeenshire
- Newtonhill
- Peterhead
- Portlethen
- Portsoy
- Rosehearty
- Stonehaven
- Turriff
- Westhill, Aberdeenshire
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverurie
Also known as Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Port Elphinstone.
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