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The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. ' the place of the Gaels ') is a historical region of Scotland. [1] [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands.
57°40′N 5°00′W. / 57.667°N 5.000°W / 57.667; -5.000. Ross and Cromarty ( Scottish Gaelic: Ros agus Cromba ), also referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latter of which is 8,019 ...
Slaughterhouse. In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir ( / ˈæbətwɑːr / ⓘ ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility . Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is not ...
Comrie ( / ˈkʌmri /; [ 2] Gaelic: Cuimridh; Pictish: Aberlednock; Latin: Victoria) is a village and parish in the southern Highlands of Scotland, towards the western end of the Strathearn district of Perth and Kinross, 7 mi (11 km) west of Crieff. Comrie is a historic conservation town in a national scenic area along the river Earn.
The University of Strathclyde ( Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh[ 5]) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom.
v. t. e. The following is a list of the highest-income ZCTAs in the United States. ZCTAs or ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the census equivalent of ZIP codes used for statistical purposes. The reason why regular ZIP codes are not used is because they are defined by routes rather than geographic boundaries. Thus, they have the tendency to overlap ...
Beginning in 1834, the "Ten Years' Conflict" ended in a schism from the church led by Dr Thomas Chalmers known as the Great Disruption of 1843. Roughly a third of the clergy, mainly from the North and Highlands, formed the separate Free Church of Scotland. The evangelical Free Churches grew rapidly in the Highlands and Islands.
FG Trade/Getty Images. 15. Brad. A diminutive form of Bradley and Bradshaw—this boy’s name of British origin has starpower on its side (hello, Brad Pitt) and a meaning of “broad and wide.”