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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 154 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NAIRN , a royal, municipal and

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

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burgh and

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

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TOWN

town of

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NAIRNSHIRE

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

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MORAY

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Firth, at the mouth of the Nairn and on its

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LEFT

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BANK

bank, 154 M . N.E. of

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INVERNESS

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

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

age, shows no signs of its antiquity, being

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bright, neat and

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MODERN

modern . It attracts many summer visitors by its

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

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sea bathing and excellent

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

golf-course . The

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INDUSTRIES

industries include

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

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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

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BREAKWATER

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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

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DISTRICT

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GROUP

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PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs (Fortes,

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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

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Alexander I . (d .

1124), but this

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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

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James VI. in 1589 .

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