Geographical labels
The geographical labels listed below indicate the dialect districts as they appear in SND. They refer to the traditional counties as they were until the late 20th century, and are therefore those which pertained during most of the period during which SND was compiled. This list was published in Volume I of SND but is known to be incomplete. Contact us at info@dsl.ac.uk if you need help with any geographical label we use.
| Abd. | Aberdeenshire |
| Ags. | Angus |
| Ant. | Antrim |
| Arg. | Argyll |
| Ayr. | Ayrshire |
| Bch. | Buchan |
| Bnff. | Banff |
| Bte. | Bute |
| Bwk. | Berwickshire |
| Cai. | Caithness |
| Clc. | Clackmannan |
| Cld. | Clydesdale |
| Crm. | Cromarty |
| Cum. | Cumberland |
| Dmb. | Dumbartonshire |
| Dmf. | Dumfriesshire |
| Don. | Donegal |
| Dur. | Durham |
| Dwn. | Down |
| Edb. | Edinburgh |
| e.Dmf. | east Dumfriesshire |
| Elg. | Elgin |
| e.Lth | East Lothian |
| e.Rs. | Easter Ross |
| Fif. | Fife |
| Frf. | Forfar |
| Gall. | Galloway |
| Gsw. | Glasgow |
| Hdg. | Haddington |
| Inv. | Inverness |
| Ir., Irel. | Ireland |
| Kcb. | Kirkcudbright |
| Kcd. | Kincardine |
| Lnk. | Lanarkshire |
| Lnl. | Linlithgow |
| Lth. | Lothian |
| m.Dmf. | mid Dumfries |
| Mry. | Moray |
| Nai. | Nairn |
| Nhb. | Northumberland |
| Ork. | Orkney |
| Peb. | Peeblesshire |
| Per. | Perthshire |
| Rnf. | Renfrewshire |
| Rs. | Ross-shire |
| Rxb. | Roxburghshire |
| Sc. | Scotland |
| Sh. | Shetland |
| Slg. | Stirlingshire |
| Slk. | Selkirkshire |
| Sth. | Sutherland |
| Twd. | Tweeddale |
| Tyr. | Tyrone |
| Uls. | Ulster |
| w.Dmf. | west Dumfriesshire |
| w.Fif. | west Fife |
| Wgt. | Wigtownshire |
| Yks | Yorkshire |
