Dunfermline

[ duhn-furm-lin, -ferm-, duhm- ]

noun

1. an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
2. a city in this district, near the Firth of Forth.

Dunfermline

/ dʌnˈfɜːmlɪn /

noun

1. a city in E Scotland, in SW Fife: ruined palace, a former residence of Scottish kings. Pop: 39 229 (2001)

Example Sentences

Arran could not recover his claims, on whatever they were founded, over the wealth of St. Andrews and Dunfermline.

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So they came to Culross, after that to Dunfermline, and then to Burntisland, where they began to fortify.

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Bruce died in his fifty-fifth year, and was buried in the abbey-church of Dunfermline, as he had desired.

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Robert Henryson was a schoolmaster in Dunfermline in the latter part of the 15th century.

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Dunfermline proved to be the destination of the Regiment, and on arrival supper was provided by some ladies of the town.

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