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Nairn
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Nairn, town, Scotland

Nairn (nârn), town (1991 pop. 7,721), Highland, N Scotland, at the mouth of the Nairn River on Moray Firth. It is a tourist resort and fishing harbor. Other industries include dairy and crop farming and whiskey distilling. Granite is quarried. Cawdor Cawdor (kô`dər), village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn.
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Nairn, former county, Scotland

Nairn, former county, Scotland: see Nairnshire Nairnshire or Nairn, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Nairnshire became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area).
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