East Lothian

[ loh-thee-uhn ]

noun

1. a historic county in southeastern Scotland.

East Lothian

noun

1. a council area and historical county of E central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth and the North Sea: part of Lothian region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Haddington. Pop: 91 090 (2003 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)

Example Sentences

We have heard it trumpeted abroad that certain farms in East Lothian were let during the course of last year at an advance.

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East Lothian minister and his betheral taking degrees at a northern college.

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He was the father of three more children, also two sons and a daughter, between 1608 and 1610, in the county of East Lothian.

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George Sinclair, probably a native of East Lothian, who died in 1696.

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Reference was made, in particular, to the East Lothian coal-miners.

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