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Dunfermline

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Dunfermline , city (1991 pop. 52,105), Fife, E central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. It is a center for the manufacture of table linen and terylene, a synthetic fabric, and has silk mills, collieries, and engineering works. The naval base of Rosyth became part of the city in 1911. Dunfermline abbey, founded by Malcolm III of Scotland in the 11th cent., holds his remains and those of his wife, St. Margaret, and of Robert I. The palace was a favorite seat of Scottish kings and was the birthplace of Charles I of England. Andrew Carnegie , the industrialist, was born in Dunfermline, which is now the headquarters of the Carnegie Trusts. Carnegie gave the town its library and Pittencrieff Glen, a 60-acre (24-hectare) public park.

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Dunfermline

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Dunfermline Fife. Dumfermelyn 11th cent., Dumferlin 1124. Meaning uncertain. The first element is Gaelic dùn, ‘fort, hill’. The rest is unexplained.

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Dunfermline

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Dunfermline a city in Fife, Scotland, near the Firth of Forth. A number of Scottish kings, including Robert the Bruce, are buried in its Benedictine abbey.

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Dunfermline

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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