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• A historic county, southwestern Scotland. The county is named for Ayr, its historic county town (seat). Apart from a small section in the south that is part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire is presently divided into the council areas of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, and North Ayrshire.

• A historic county in western Scotland. Argyllshire lies mainly within the Argyll and Bute council area, but northern Argyllshire extends as far as Lochs Shiel, Eil, and Leven in southern Highland council area.

Use for: Aberdeenshire (Scotland)

• council area and historic county of eastern Scotland. It projects shoulderlike eastward into the North Sea and encompasses coastal lowlands in the north and east and part of the Grampian Mountains in the west.
• The council area and the historic county occupy somewhat different areas. The city of Aberdeen is part of the historic county of Aberdeenshire but constitutes an independent council area that forms an enclave within the council area of Aberdeenshire. The rest of the historic county lies within the council area of the same name, which also incorporates the entire historic county of Kincardineshire and the northeastern portion of the historic county of Banffshire.

Use for: Aberdeen, Scotland

• city and port on the North Sea in northeastern Scotland constituting an administrative area called Aberdeen City and surrounded on three sides by Aberdeenshire.
• City and historic royal burgh (town) astride the Rivers Dee and Don on Scotland’s North Sea coast. Aberdeen is a busy seaport, the British centre of the North Sea oil industry, and the commercial capital of northeastern Scotland.

Use for: Cumbrae, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

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Use for: Dawyck

Use for: Berlin, Germany

• one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The district is divided into four gewogs (village blocks).
• It contains numerous temples and Buddhist sacred sites.

Use for: Bumthang, Bhutan