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NAIRN , a royal, municipal and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh and See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

NAIRNSHIRE

Nairnshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. of the royal burgh (19or) 5089. It is situated on the See also:

MORAY

Moray See also:

Firth, at the mouth of the Nairn and on its See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank, 154 M. N.E. of See also:

INVERNESS

Inverness by the Highland railway. The town, though of immemorial See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, shows no signs of its antiquity, being See also:

bright, neat and See also:

MODERN

modern. It attracts many summer visitors by its See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

sea bathing and excellent See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf-course. The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

salmon fishing, deep-sea fishing, the making of rope and twine and the freestone quarries of the neighbourhood. There is a commodious See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour with See also:

BREAKWATER

breakwater and See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier. Nairn belongs to the Inverness See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

GROUP

group of See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs (Fortes, See also:

FORTROSE (Gaelic for t'rois, " the wood on the promontory ")

Fortrose, Inverness and Nairn). Nairn was originally called Invernarne (the mouth of the Nairn). It was made a royal burgh by See also:

Alexander I. (d.

1124), but this See also:

CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter having been lost it was confirmed by See also:

James VI. in 1589.

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