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Dalry

/dælˈɹaɪ/

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A small town in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2949)
An inner city area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of St John's Town of Dalry: a village north-west of New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Kirkcudbrightshire (OS grid ref NX6281). St John was the patron saint of the Knights Hospitallers - the medieval religious order - who once owned the land on which Dalry lies. Because of this, the full name of the village is St John's Town of Dalry.

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@misc{dalry_2026,
  title = {Dalry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dalry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}