Geographical labels

Map of the main dialect areas of Scotland

 

AbbreviationRegion
Abd.Aberdeen
Ags.Angus
Ant.Antrim
Arg.Argyll
Ayr.Ayrshire
Bch.Buchan
Bl.IBlack Isle
Bnff.Banff
Bte.Bute
Bwk.Berwick
Cai.Caithness
Clc.Clackmannan
Cld.Clydesdale
Crm.Cromarty
Cum.Cumberland
Dmb.Dumbarton
Dmf.Dumfries
Don.Donegal
Dur.Durham
Dwn.Down
e. and m.Dmfeast and mid Dumfries
e. and se. Per.east and south-east Perthshire
e. and w. Dmb.east and west Dumbarton
e.Ags.east Angus
e.Dmf.east Dumfries
e.Frf.east Forfar
e.Lth.East Lothian
e.Per.east Perthshire
e.Rs.Easter Ross
e.Sc.eastern Scots
e.Slk.east Selkirkshire
Edb.Edinburgh
Elg.Elgin
em.Sc. (a)east mid Scots
(west Angus, west Forfar, east and south-east Perthshire. Stirling, Fife, Kinross, Clackmannan)
em.Sc. (b)east mid Scots
(Linlithgow west Linlithgow, Edinburgh mid Lothian, Haddington east Lothian, Berwick, Peebles)
Ettr.For.Ettrick Forest
Fif.Fife
Frf.Forfar
Gall.Galloway
Gsw.Glasgow
Hebr.Hebrides
Hdg.Haddington
I.Sc.Insular Scots
(Shetland, Orkney)
Inv.Inverness
Ir., Irel.Ireland
Kcb.Kirkcudbright
Kcd.Kincardine
Knr.Kinross
l.Bnff.lower Banff
Ldd.Londonderry
Lnk.Lanark
Lnl.Linlithgow
Lth.Lothian
m.Dmf.mid Dumfries
m.Lth.mid Lothian
m.Sc.mid Scots
mn.Sc. (a)mid northern Scots
(Lower Banff, Aberdeen, Buchan, Deeside)
mn.Sc. (b)mid northern Scots
(Inverness, Nairn, Moray or Elgin, Upper Banff)
Mry.Moray
n.Ayrnorth Ayr
n.Derrynorth Derry
n.Ir.Northern Ireland
n.Sc.northern Scots
n.Tyr.north Tyrone
Nai.Nairn
ne.Abd.northeast Aberdeenshire
ne.Sc.northeast Scots
(Nairn, Moray, Banff, Aberdeen, Buchan, Deeside)
Nhb.Northumberland
Ork.Orkney
Peb.Peebles
Per.Perth/ Perthshire
Rnf.Renfrew
Rs.Ross
Rxb.Roxburgh
s.Arg.south Argyll
s.Ayrsouth Ayrshire
s.Lnk.south Lanarkshire
s.Per.south Perthshire
s.Sc.southern Scots
(Roxburgh, Selkirk, east and mid Dumfries)
Sc.Scotland
Sh.Shetland
Slg.Stirling
Slk.Selkirk
sm.Sc.south mid Scots
(south Ayr, Wigtown and Kirkcudbrigtht Galloway, west Dumfries)
sn.Sc.south northern Scots
(Mearns Kincardine, east Angus east Forfar)
Sth.Sutherland
Teviotd.Teviotdale
Twd.Tweeddale
Tyr.Tyrone
u.Bnff.upper Banff
Uls.Ulster Scots
(Antrim, Down, Londonderry, Donegal, Tyrone)
Upp.Cld.Upper Clydesdale
w.Abd.west Aberdeenshire
w.Ags.west Angus
w.Dmf.west Dumfries
w.Fifwest Fife
w.Frf.west Forfar
w.Islandswestern Islands
w.Lth.west Lothian
w.Sc.west of Scotland
Wgt.Wigtown
wm.Sc.west mid Scots
(east and west Dumbarton, south Argyll, Bute, Renfrew, Glasgow, Lanark, north Ayr)
YksYorkshire