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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bannockburn \Bannockburn\ prop. n. A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 259
Land area (2000): 2.023889 sq. miles (5.241847 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007509 sq. miles (0.019449 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.031398 sq. miles (5.261296 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03610
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 42.191507 N, 87.863113 W
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Bannockburn
Wikipedia
Bannockburn ( Scottish Gaelic Allt a' Bhonnaich) is a town immediately south of the city of Stirling in Scotland. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a burn (small stream) running through the town before flowing into the River Forth.
For the famous 14th century battle in Scottish history see Battle of Bannockburn.
There are several places called Bannockburn. All are probably named after the original village of Bannockburn near Stirling, Scotland, and were created by settlers from the Scottish diaspora of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Bannockburn, Illinois, a city in the United States
- Bannockburn, New Zealand, a township and former goldmine in New Zealand
- Bannockburn, Ontario, a township and goldmine in Canada
- Bannockburn, a suburb of Logan City, in Queensland, Australia
- Bannockburn, a locality near Inverell, in New South Wales, Australia
- Bannockburn, Victoria in Australia
- Bannockburn, a subdivision in southern Austin, Texas
- Bannockburn, Zimbabwe, a small town in Zimbabwe
- Bannockburn, Maryland, a neighborhood of Bethesda, Maryland
See also:
- Bannock Burn, a body of water near Bannockburn, Scotland
Usage examples of "bannockburn".
So urgent a message had not been issued within the memory of old lay-brother Athanasius, who had cleaned the Abbey knocker since the year after the Battle of Bannockburn.
It was June, she realized, and the mighty battle at Bannockburn was just weeks away.