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Fife.

A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈfʌɪf/Scotland/ˈfaɪf/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A traditional county of Scotland succeeded by Fife Region in 1975, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.

  2. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

  3. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in McCulloch County, Texas, named after Fife in Scotland.

  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, named after the owner of the village site.

  5. A place in the United States: A city in Pierce County, Washington, possibly named after William J. Fife.

  6. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Fìobha, said to date back to the eponym Fib, one of the seven sons of the legendary Pictish king Cruithne. Possibly related to the Uip attested in the Pictish kings lists, in turn possibly related to the Latin Vepogenus, in which the first element is the Proto-Brythonic predecessor of Welsh gwep (“face”).

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