Wigtownshire
Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was an administrative county used for local government.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 30,000 residents
- Description: county of Scotland, registration county in Galloway
- Also known as: “County of Wigtown”, “West Galloway”, and “Wigtown County”
- Neighbors: Ayrshire
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mull of Galloway Lighthouse.
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Paul Stevenson, CC BY 2.0.
The Mull of Galloway is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula, also being the most southerly hill. Mull of Galloway Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles north of Wigtownshire.
Wigtownshire
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Wigtownshire” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Wigtownshire”
- Chinese: “威格敦郡”
- Dutch: “Wigtownshire”
- French: “Wigtownshire”
- German: “Wigtownshire”
- Irish: “Baile na hUige”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Italian: “Wigtownshire”
- Japanese: “ウィグタウンシャー”
- Japanese: “ウィッグトンシャー”
- Japanese: “ウィトゥンシャー”
- Japanese: “ウィトゥンシャー州”
- Kurdish: “Wigtownshire”
- Latin: “Victoniensis”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wiċġatūnsċīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wigtūnscīr”
- Polish: “Wigtownshire”
- Portuguese: “Wigtownshire”
- Russian: “Уигтауншир”
- Scots: “Wigtounshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Ùige”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wigtownshire”
- Slovenian: “Wigtownshire”
- Spanish: “Wigtownshire”
- Swedish: “Wigtownshire”
- Turkish: “Wigtownshire”
- Venetian: “Wigtownshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Wigtown”
- “Wigtownshire”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mull of Galloway and Portankill.
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