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Selkirk meaning

  1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Selkirkshire (OS grid ref NT4728).
  2. A city in Manitoba, Canada.
  3. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

Synonyms of Selkirk

selcraig alexander selkirk alexander selcraig sailor crewman

Using Selkirk

  • The main meaning on this page is: A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Selkirkshire (OS grid ref NT4728). | A city in Manitoba, Canada. | A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  • Useful related words include: selcraig, alexander selkirk, alexander selcraig, sailor.
  • In the example corpus, selkirk often appears in combinations such as: at selkirk, selkirk and, and selkirk.

Context around Selkirk

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Selkirk

  • In this selection, "selkirk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alejandro, lord, behalf, sheriff, signed and firecrown stand out and add context to how "selkirk" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2 from selkirk trainer stuart and appear at selkirk sheriff court. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "selkirk" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with selkirk

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Selkirk First Nation would like to see those conditions in place permanently. (12 words)

The man is expected to appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday. (12 words)

The Berwickshire town was the third location of the annual series following events in Galashiels, Selkirk. (16 words)

The ten-year-old bay gelding, trained at Thomson’s Lambden stables between Kelso and Greenlaw, won the 3pm Schloss Roxburghe Hotel Handicap Chase by half a length at 9/2 from Selkirk trainer Stuart Coltherd’s Hidden Commander, taking its £5,281 top prize. (45 words)

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.45am on Tuesday, 14 November, we received a report of tyres on industrial vehicles being damaged when parked in a layby on the A7 around a mile south of Selkirk. (37 words)

Opposite the statue is a bright yellow, limewashed cottage, which is believed to be the original home of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer, who inspired the Robinson Crusoe classic by Daniel Defoe. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

A fifth large stone will display a medallion representing Lord Selkirk and King George III, on whose behalf Selkirk signed the treaty.

It is likely to have gone extinct since * Alejandro Selkirk firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi (Alejandro Selkirk Island, Juan Fernández Islands, Southeast Pacific, 1908) : Juan Fernández firecrown subspecies last recorded in 1908.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 8.45am on Tuesday, 14 November, we received a report of tyres on industrial vehicles being damaged when parked in a layby on the A7 around a mile south of Selkirk.

Burns suppers are individual events but wherever they are held but they all start with the poet's own Selkirk grace.

In 1856 the branch line opened to Selkirk although this footbridge doesn’t show up on the map until 1930.

In 1945 the family left the island and moved to Bridgeheugh Farm, Lindean, on the outskirts of Selkirk.

Kelso’s semi-final clash saw them defeat Biggar 5-37 for a spot I the final, whilst Selkirk beat Jed-Thistle, 40-22.

Opposite the statue is a bright yellow, limewashed cottage, which is believed to be the original home of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer, who inspired the Robinson Crusoe classic by Daniel Defoe.

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Selkirk-based Texel breeders Gordon and David Gray, of the Ettrick and Tima flocks, received for a gimmer by Claybury Dunkirk, scanned with twins to Sadlerhead Frank the Tank.

Selkirk First Nation would like to see those conditions in place permanently.

Selkirk Sheriff Court heard Damian McNally – who gave an address in Edinburgh – committed the offence at Crookston Court in Peebles between December 2018 and November 2020.

Six NDP newcomers seeking elected office are teachers: Glen Simard (Brandon East), Mike Moyes (Riel), Mike Moroz (River Heights), Billie Cross (Seine River), Mitch Obach (Selkirk) and Robert Loiselle (St. Boniface).

The Berwickshire town was the third location of the annual series following events in Galashiels, Selkirk.

The man is expected to appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday.

The province previously signed an agreement with Friends of the Peguis-Selkirk Treaty Inc. and contributed $500,000 toward the monument.

The ten-year-old bay gelding, trained at Thomson’s Lambden stables between Kelso and Greenlaw, won the 3pm Schloss Roxburghe Hotel Handicap Chase by half a length at 9/2 from Selkirk trainer Stuart Coltherd’s Hidden Commander, taking its £5,281 top prize.

The Tyndall Park South area includes streets bound by Burrows Avenue, Keewatin Street, Selkirk Avenue and King Edward Street.

This was the second round, in which winners from five local area heats competed against each other, including children from Peebles, Selkirk and Biggar.

With the foundation laid for 150 new beds of student housing at Selkirk College, the projects at the Silver King campus in Nelson and the Castlegar campus are taking a dramatic leap forward.

Downtown Baker Street, set amid the dramatic Selkirk Mountains and glacier-fed Kootenay Lake, is as charming as any Main Street can be, but many designated “heritage” homes are spread out, mixed into the surrounding neighborhoods.

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Common combinations with selkirk

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "selkirk" in a sentence?
An example: "A fifth large stone will display a medallion representing Lord Selkirk and King George III, on whose behalf Selkirk signed the treaty." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "selkirk" from authentic English texts.
What does "selkirk" mean?
Selkirk means: A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Selkirkshire (OS grid ref NT4728).
What are synonyms of "selkirk"?
Common synonyms of "selkirk" include: selcraig, alexander selkirk, alexander selcraig, sailor, crewman.
How many example sentences with "selkirk" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "selkirk", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.