text: The Sibelius Academy is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1,700 enrolled students.

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text: Seinäjoki

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text: among

text: the

text: biggest

text: European

text: music

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text: roughly

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text: Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a related genre of country music. Influenced by the music of Appalachia, bluegrass has mixed roots in Irish, Scottish and English traditional music, and was also later influenced by the music of African-Americans through incorporation of jazz elements.

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text: roots

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text: and

text: related

text: genre

text: of

text: country

text: music

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text: by

text: the

text: music

text: of

text: Appalachia

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text: mixed

text: roots

text: in

text: Irish

text: Scottish

text: and

text: English

text: traditional

text: music

text: and

text: was

text: also

text: later

text: influenced

text: by

text: the

text: music

text: of

text: African

text: Americans

text: through

text: incorporation

text: of

text: jazz

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text: The violin is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments are known, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused in the 2010s. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties of folk music. They are also frequently used in genres of folk including country music and bluegrass music and in jazz. Electric violins are used in some forms of rock music; further, the violin has come to be played in many non-Western music cultures, including Indian music and Iranian music. The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, particularly in Irish traditional music and bluegrass, but this nickname is also used regardless of the type of music played on it.

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text: and

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text: family

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text: violino

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text: kit

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text: fingers

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text: Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the eighth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest. The population density is only , but the city's urban areas are populated very densely (urban area: 1 618 /km²), nationally second only to capital Helsinki (urban area: 1,690.0/km²).

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text: municipality

text: located

text: in

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text: region

text: of

text: Northern

text: Savonia

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text: of

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text: eighth

text: biggest

text: city

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text: country

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text: city

text: has

text: total

text: area

text: of

text: of

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text: and

text: half

text: forest

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text: population

text: density

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text: city

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text: populated

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text: area

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text: second

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text: capital

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text: Helsinki  is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of 1,214,210, and a metropolitan population of over 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.

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text: region

text: of

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text: southern

text: Finland

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text: shore

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text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

text: Helsinki

text: has

text: population

text: of

text: an

text: urban

text: population

text: of

text: and

text: metropolitan

text: population

text: of

text: over

text: million

text: making

text: it

text: the

text: most

text: populous

text: municipality

text: and

text: urban

text: area

text: in

text: Finland

text: Helsinki

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text: located

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text: north

text: of

text: Tallinn

text: Estonia

text: east

text: of

text: Stockholm

text: Sweden

text: and

text: west

text: of

text: Saint

text: Petersburg

text: Russia

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text: close

text: historical

text: connections

text: with

text: these

text: three

text: cities

text: Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia. Finland's population is 5.5 million (2014), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades. The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region. In terms of area, it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union.

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text: the

text: Republic

text: of

text: Finland

text: is

text: sovereign

text: state

text: in

text: Northern

text: Europe

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text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

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text: the

text: south

text: and

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Bothnia

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: the

text: country

text: has

text: land

text: borders

text: with

text: Sweden

text: to

text: the

text: northwest

text: Norway

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Russia

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: Estonia

text: is

text: south

text: of

text: the

text: country

text: across

text: the

text: Gulf

text: of

text: Finland

text: Finland

text: is

text: Nordic

text: country

text: situated

text: in

text: the

text: geographical

text: region

text: of

text: Fennoscandia

text: which

text: also

text: includes

text: Scandinavia

text: Finland

text: 's

text: population

text: is

text: million

text: staying

text: roughly

text: on

text: the

text: same

text: level

text: over

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text: past

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text: decades

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text: of

text: the

text: population

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text: southern

text: region

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text: of

text: area

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text: is

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text: eighth

text: largest

text: country

text: in

text: Europe

text: and

text: the

text: most

text: sparsely

text: populated

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: European

text: Union

text: The Nordic Council is a geo-political inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was formed after the Second World War in 1952 to promote co-operation between the five Nordic countries. Its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the countries' citizens.

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text: Nordic

text: Council

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text: geo

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text: inter

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text: forum

text: for

text: co

text: operation

text: between

text: the

text: Nordic

text: countries

text: It

text: was

text: formed

text: after

text: the

text: Second

text: World

text: War

text: in

text: to

text: promote

text: co

text: operation

text: between

text: the

text: five

text: Nordic

text: countries

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text: first

text: concrete

text: result

text: was

text: the

text: introduction

text: in

text: of

text: common

text: labour

text: market

text: and

text: free

text: movement

text: across

text: borders

text: without

text: passports

text: for

text: the

text: countries

text: citizens

text: Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s' and 1950s' rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical sources.

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text: genre

text: of

text: popular

text: music

text: that

text: originated

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text: rock

text: and

text: roll

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: developed

text: into

text: range

text: of

text: different

text: styles

text: in

text: the

text: and

text: later

text: particularly

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: and

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: It

text: has

text: its

text: roots

text: in

text: and

text: rock

text: and

text: roll

text: itself

text: heavily

text: influenced

text: by

text: blues

text: rhythm

text: and

text: blues

text: and

text: country

text: music

text: Rock

text: music

text: also

text: drew

text: strongly

text: on

text: number

text: of

text: other

text: genres

text: such

text: as

text: electric

text: blues

text: and

text: folk

text: and

text: incorporated

text: influences

text: from

text: jazz

text: classical

text: and

text: other

text: musical

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text: Aulis Sallinen ( born April 9 , 1935 ) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer . His music has been variously described as `` remorselessly harsh '' , a `` beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th - century styles '' , and `` neo-romantic '' . Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy , where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen . He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet , and has also written 6 operas , 8 symphonies , concertos for violin , cello , flute , horn and English horn as well as several chamber works . He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies ( The Horseman ) .

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text: April

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text: Finnish

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text: classical

text: music

text: composer

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text: music

text: has

text: been

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text: described

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text: beautifully

text: crafted

text: amalgam

text: of

text: several

text: century

text: styles

text: and

text: neo

text: romantic

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text: studied

text: at

text: the

text: Sibelius

text: Academy

text: where

text: his

text: teachers

text: included

text: Joonas

text: Kokkonen

text: He

text: has

text: had

text: works

text: commissioned

text: by

text: the

text: Kronos

text: Quartet

text: and

text: has

text: also

text: written

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text: symphonies

text: concertos

text: for

text: violin

text: cello

text: flute

text: horn

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text: English

text: horn

text: as

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text: several

text: chamber

text: works

text: He

text: won

text: the

text: Nordic

text: Council

text: Music

text: Prize

text: in

text: for

text: his

text: opera

text: Ratsumies

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text: Horseman

text: Opera (English plural: "operas"; Italian plural: "opere" ) is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (libretto) and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. In traditional opera, singers do two types of singing: recitative, a speech-inflected style and arias, a more melodic style. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conductor.

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text: and

text: musicians

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text: setting

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text: opera

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text: two

text: types

text: of

text: singing

text: recitative

text: speech

text: inflected

text: style

text: and

text: arias

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text: melodic

text: style

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text: incorporates

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: elements

text: of

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text: theatre

text: such

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text: costumes

text: and

text: sometimes

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text: performance

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text: typically

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text: in

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text: opera

text: house

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text: by

text: an

text: orchestra

text: or

text: smaller

text: musical

text: ensemble

text: which

text: since

text: the

text: early

text: century

text: has

text: been

text: led

text: by

text: conductor

text: The violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century. At the time the name of this family of instruments was violas da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (violas "da gamba"). The standard modern violin family consists of the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

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text: century

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text: time

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text: name

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text: this

text: family

text: of

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text: to

text: distinguish

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text: from

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text: viol

text: family

text: violas

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text: gamba

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text: modern

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text: family

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text: of

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text: violin

text: viola

text: cello

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text:
A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a "school of music", "music academy", "music faculty", "college of music", "music department" (of a larger institution), "conservatory" or "conservatoire".
Instruction includes training in the performance of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, conducting, musicianship, as well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory.

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text: study

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text: and

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text: musicology

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text: Joonas Kokkonen (November 13, 1921  October 2, 1996) was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius; his opera "The Last Temptations" has received over 500 performances worldwide, and is considered by many to be Finland's most distinguished national opera.

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text: Kokkonen

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text: October

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text: Finnish

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text: of

text: the

text: most

text: internationally

text: famous

text: Finnish

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text: the

text: century

text: after

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text: opera

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text: Last

text: Temptations

text: has

text: received

text: over

text: performances

text: worldwide

text: and

text: is

text: considered

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text: many

text: to

text: be

text: Finland

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text: most

text: distinguished

text: national

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text: Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960. In 2005, the municipality of Peräseinäjoki was merged into Seinäjoki, and in the beginning of 2009, the neighbouring municipalities of Nurmo and Ylistaro were consolidated with Seinäjoki.

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text: city

text: located

text: in

text: Southern

text: Ostrobothnia

text: Finland

text: Seinäjoki

text: originated

text: around

text: the

text: Östermyra

text: bruk

text: iron

text: and

text: gunpowder

text: factories

text: founded

text: in

text: Seinäjoki

text: became

text: municipality

text: in

text: market

text: town

text: in

text: and

text: town

text: in

text: In

text: the

text: municipality

text: of

text: Peräseinäjoki

text: was

text: merged

text: into

text: Seinäjoki

text: and

text: in

text: the

text: beginning

text: of

text: the

text: neighbouring

text: municipalities

text: of

text: Nurmo

text: and

text: Ylistaro

text: were

text: consolidated

text: with

text: Seinäjoki

text: Järvenpää is a town and municipality of Finland. History. Järvenpää was separated from its parent community Tuusula in 1951. Järvenpää was granted the status of a market town (kauppala) after the separation. Neighbouring districts Kellokoski and Nummenkylä were not added to the municipality of Järvenpää and the controversy over the issue still raises blood pressure fifty years later. In the event, Kellokoski remained part of the municipality of Tuusula. Järvenpää was granted full legal town (kaupunki) status in 1967.

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text: town

text: and

text: municipality

text: of

text: Finland

text: History

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text: was

text: separated

text: from

text: its

text: parent

text: community

text: Tuusula

text: in

text: Järvenpää

text: was

text: granted

text: the

text: status

text: of

text: market

text: town

text: kauppala

text: after

text: the

text: separation

text: Neighbouring

text: districts

text: Kellokoski

text: and

text: Nummenkylä

text: were

text: not

text: added

text: to

text: the

text: municipality

text: of

text: Järvenpää

text: and

text: the

text: controversy

text: over

text: the

text: issue

text: still

text: raises

text: blood

text: pressure

text: fifty

text: years

text: later

text: In

text: the

text: event

text: Kellokoski

text: remained

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: municipality

text: of

text: Tuusula

text: Järvenpää

text: was

text: granted

text: full

text: legal

text: town

text: kaupunki

text: status

text: in

text: The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. They have been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for over forty years. The quartet specializes in contemporary classical music, with more than 750 works having been written for them.

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text: Kronos

text: Quartet

text: is

text: an

text: American

text: string

text: quartet

text: based

text: in

text: San

text: Francisco

text: They

text: have

text: been

text: in

text: existence

text: with

text: rotating

text: membership

text: of

text: musicians

text: for

text: over

text: forty

text: years

text: The

text: quartet

text: specializes

text: in

text: contemporary

text: classical

text: music

text: with

text: more

text: than

text: works

text: having

text: been

text: written

text: for

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text: The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, where they are most commonly known as Norden (lit., "The North"). They consist of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, including their associated territories (Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Åland Islands).

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text: North

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text: Faroe

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text: A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. Common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of yearsthe word "tradition" itself derives from the Latin "tradere" or "traderer" literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways.

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text: word

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text: The Northern Isles  is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and much influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 26 inhabited islands with landscapes of the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more rugged Shetland islands to the north, where the economy is more dependent on fishing and the oil wealth of the surrounding seas. Both have a developing renewable energy industry. They also share a common Pictish and Norse history. Both island groups were absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century and remained part of the country following the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, and later the United Kingdom after 1801. The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century.

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text: north

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text: surrounding

text: seas

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text: are

text: two

text: main

text: island

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text: and

text: Orkney

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text: are

text: total

text: of

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text: fertile

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text: more

text: rugged

text: Shetland

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text: the

text: north

text: where

text: the

text: economy

text: is

text: more

text: dependent

text: on

text: fishing

text: and

text: the

text: oil

text: wealth

text: of

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text: surrounding

text: seas

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text: developing

text: renewable

text: energy

text: industry

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text: also

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text: common

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text: and

text: Norse

text: history

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text: Kingdom

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text: century

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text: country

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text: formation

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text: Kingdom

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text: Great

text: Britain

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text: United

text: Kingdom

text: after

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text: islands

text: played

text: significant

text: naval

text: role

text: during

text: the

text: world

text: wars

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text: the

text: century

text: The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster-Scots: "Airish Sea"), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man. The sea is occasionally, but rarely, referred to as the Manx Sea.

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text: Sea

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text: Scots

text: Airish

text: Sea

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text: islands

text: of

text: Ireland

text: and

text: Great

text: Britain

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text: is

text: connected

text: to

text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: in

text: the

text: south

text: by

text: St

text: George

text: 's

text: Channel

text: and

text: to

text: the

text: Inner

text: Seas

text: off

text: the

text: West

text: Coast

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text: Scotland

text: in

text: the

text: north

text: by

text: the

text: North

text: Channel

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text: the

text: largest

text: island

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text: the

text: Irish

text: Sea

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text: by

text: the

text: Isle

text: of

text: Man

text: The

text: sea

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text: occasionally

text: but

text: rarely

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: the

text: Manx

text: Sea

text: Western Ferries (also known as Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd) is a private ferry company with its headquarters in Hunters Quay, Scotland. It currently operates on the Firth of Clyde running a year-round, high-frequency vehicle carrying service between Hunters Quay near Dunoon and McInroy's Point on the outskirts of Gourock in Inverclyde.

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text: Ferries

text: also

text: known

text: as

text: Western

text: Ferries

text: Clyde

text: Ltd

text: is

text: private

text: ferry

text: company

text: with

text: its

text: headquarters

text: in

text: Hunters

text: Quay

text: Scotland

text: It

text: currently

text: operates

text: on

text: the

text: Firth

text: of

text: Clyde

text: running

text: year

text: round

text: high

text: frequency

text: vehicle

text: carrying

text: service

text: between

text: Hunters

text: Quay

text: near

text: Dunoon

text: and

text: McInroy

text: 's

text: Point

text: on

text: the

text: outskirts

text: of

text: Gourock

text: in

text: Inverclyde

text: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union.

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text: Kingdom

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text: Great

text: Britain

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text: Northern

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text: as

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: UK

text: or

text: Britain

text: is

text: sovereign

text: country

text: in

text: western

text: Europe

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text: north

text: western

text: coast

text: of

text: the

text: European

text: mainland

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text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: which

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text: whole

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text: north

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text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

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text: Ireland

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text: only

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text: UK

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text: land

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text: sovereign

text: statethe

text: Republic

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text: Ireland

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text: UK

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text: Atlantic

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text: North

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text: English

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text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: to

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text: south

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text: west

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text: longest

text: coastline

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text: world

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text: Irish

text: Sea

text: lies

text: between

text: Great

text: Britain

text: and

text: Ireland

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text: an

text: area

text: of

text: the

text: UK

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text: the

text: largest

text: sovereign

text: state

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text: world

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text: most

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text: fourth

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text: densely

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text: European

text: Union

text: Ardnadam ( Scottish Gaelic : Àird nan Damh ) is a village in Argyll and Bute , Scotland , north of Hunters Quay .

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text: village

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text: Bute

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text: north

text: of

text: Hunters

text: Quay

text: The Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: "Innse Gall"; Old Norse: "Suðreyjar") comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are two main groups: the Inner and Outer Hebrides. These islands have a long history of occupation dating back to the Mesolithic, and the culture of the residents has been affected by the successive influences of Celtic, Norse, and English-speaking peoples. This diversity is reflected in the names given to the islands, which are derived from the languages that have been spoken there in historic and perhaps prehistoric times.

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text: Suðreyjar

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text: widespread

text: and

text: diverse

text: archipelago

text: off

text: the

text: west

text: coast

text: of

text: mainland

text: Scotland

text: There

text: are

text: two

text: main

text: groups

text: the

text: Inner

text: and

text: Outer

text: Hebrides

text: These

text: islands

text: have

text: long

text: history

text: of

text: occupation

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text: back

text: to

text: the

text: Mesolithic

text: and

text: the

text: culture

text: of

text: the

text: residents

text: has

text: been

text: affected

text: by

text: the

text: successive

text: influences

text: of

text: Celtic

text: Norse

text: and

text: English

text: speaking

text: peoples

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text: diversity

text: is

text: reflected

text: in

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text: names

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text: the

text: islands

text: which

text: are

text: derived

text: from

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text: languages

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text: Great Britain, also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, comprise the British Isles archipelago.

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text: north

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text: Ocean

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text: the

text: northwest

text: coast

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text: continental

text: Europe

text: With

text: an

text: area

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: is

text: the

text: largest

text: European

text: island

text: and

text: the

text: ninth

text: largest

text: in

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text: world

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text: island

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text: world

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text: after

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text: in

text: Indonesia

text: and

text: Honshu

text: in

text: Japan

text: The

text: island

text: of

text: Ireland

text: is

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text: west

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text: islands

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text: the

text: British

text: Isles

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text: The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World".

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text: second

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text: world

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text: area

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text: Earth

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text: surface

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text: percent

text: of

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text: water

text: surface

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text: the

text: Old

text: World

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text: the

text: New

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text: National  Hunters Quay is a village, on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Situated between Kirn to the south and Ardnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base of Western Ferries, operating between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point.

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text: Quay

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text: village

text: on

text: the

text: Cowal

text: Peninsula

text: in

text: Argyll

text: and

text: Bute

text: Scottish

text: Highlands

text: Situated

text: between

text: Kirn

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: Ardnadam

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Hunters

text: Quay

text: is

text: the

text: main

text: base

text: of

text: Western

text: Ferries

text: operating

text: between

text: Hunters

text: Quay

text: and

text: McInroy

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text: Point

text: England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain (which lies in the North Atlantic) in its centre and south; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight.

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text: country

text: that

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: It

text: shares

text: land

text: borders

text: with

text: Scotland

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Wales

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: The

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: lies

text: northwest

text: of

text: England

text: and

text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

text: lies

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: England

text: is

text: separated

text: from

text: continental

text: Europe

text: by

text: the

text: North

text: Sea

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: the

text: English

text: Channel

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: The

text: country

text: covers

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text: eighths

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: which

text: lies

text: in

text: the

text: North

text: Atlantic

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text: its

text: centre

text: and

text: south

text: and

text: includes

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text: islands

text: such

text: as

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text: Isles

text: of

text: Scilly

text: and

text: the

text: Isle

text: of

text: Wight

text: Cowal is a peninsula and region that extends into the Firth of Clyde, in the south of Argyll and Bute, in the west of Scotland. Dunoon on the southeast coast of Cowal, on the Firth of Clyde, is the main town on Cowal.

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text: is

text: peninsula

text: and

text: region

text: that

text: extends

text: into

text: the

text: Firth

text: of

text: Clyde

text: in

text: the

text: south

text: of

text: Argyll

text: and

text: Bute

text: in

text: the

text: west

text: of

text: Scotland

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text: on

text: the

text: southeast

text: coast

text: of

text: Cowal

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text: the

text: Firth

text: of

text: Clyde

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text: the

text: main

text: town

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text: Scotland (Scots: ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

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text: country

text: that

text: is

text: part

text: of

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text: United

text: Kingdom

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text: covers

text: the

text: northern

text: third

text: of

text: the

text: island

text: of

text: Great

text: Britain

text: It

text: shares

text: border

text: with

text: England

text: to

text: the

text: south

text: and

text: is

text: otherwise

text: surrounded

text: by

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The Firth of Clyde encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles, sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland. The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm of the Firth of Clyde, separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle of Arran. Within the Firth of Clyde is another major island - the Isle of Bute. Given its strategic location, at the entrance to the middle/upper Clyde, Bute played a vitally important military (naval) role during World War II.

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text: North Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It has a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the southwest of Scotland, and borders the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the northeast and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and south respectively. North Ayrshire Council is a hung Council. North Ayrshire also forms part of the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.

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text: British

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text: A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and Australia. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century.

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South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire Council is a Conservative controlled council.
The administrative boundaries were formed in 1996 as a direct successor to the Kyle and Carrick district council area, with the district of Dalmellington - located along the south-east of Kyle and Carrick - being transferred over to the newly formed East Ayrshire Council area. South Ayrshire also forms part of the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.

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text: Kilmarnock ("Meàrnag's church") is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 46,350, making it the 15th most populated place in Scotland and the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'. Kilmarnock is often shortened to 'Killie', especially when it is referenced in a footballing situation. Kilmarnock is the main town within East Ayrshire, and the East Ayrshire HQ is located on London Road in Kilmarnock, leading to the villages Crookedholm and Hurlford, which furthermore leads to Loudoun.

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text: second

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text: name

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text: East

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text: villages

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text: The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south. The Central Lowlands are one of the three main geographical sub-divisions of Scotland, the other two being the Highlands and Islands which lie to the north, northwest and the Southern Uplands, which lie south of the associated second fault line.

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text: north

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text: East Ayrshire is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire.

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text: council

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text: Dalmellington ( Scots : Dawmellinton , Scottish Gaelic : Dail M'Fhaolain ) is a market town and civil parish in Ayrshire , Scotland . In 2001 the village had a population of 1407 . The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands . Dalmellington sits at the issue of a river from the uplands into Dalmellington Moss plain . The town has a history as a rest area , market town , weaving centre and mining village . The Chalmeston open cast coal mine to the north of the village covered some 742 hectares , but the operations have now ceased and the first phase of the site restoration has been completed . Robert Hetrick the blacksmith - poet lived in the town in the 19th century . The town has a working museum to record the history of the area . There are many Sites of Special Scientific Interest around Dalmellington , the most notable being the nearby Loch Doon . Selection of local views The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory is located near Dalmellington and is within the northern edge of the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park . Dalmellington Craigengillan Curling Club is the oldest constituted club in Dalmellington ; it was formed on the 3rd of December 1841 in the Black Bull Hotel and has continued unbroken since . In 2004 the members reinstated the outside curling pond at Craigengillan , this is the only self leveling curling pond in Scotland .

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text: Southern

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text: name

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text: most

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text: densely

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text: country

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text: European

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text: The Southern Uplands are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands). The term is used both to describe the geographical region and to collectively denote the various ranges of hills and mountains within this region.

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text: southernmost

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text: others

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text: Central

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text: the

text: Highlands

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text: geographical

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text:
Ayrshire is a historic county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.
It is also, under the name the County of Ayr, a registration county. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. Like the other counties of Scotland, it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800.

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text: shores

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text: Firth

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text: name

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text: County

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text: towns

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text: other

text: counties

text: of

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text: council

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text: East

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text: of

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text: is

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text: of

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

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text: the

text: north

text: and

text: Wales

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: The

text: Irish

text: Sea

text: lies

text: northwest

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text: the

text: Celtic

text: Sea

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text: to

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text: southwest

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text: North

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text: English

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text: south

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text: island

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text: Great

text: Britain

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text: North

text: Atlantic

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text: centre

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text: Ayr ("Mouth of the River Ayr") is a large town and former Royal Burgh situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Council area and historical county town of Ayrshire. Ayr is currently the most populated settlement in Ayrshire and is the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland. Ayr adjoins the smaller town of Prestwick to the north, forming a single continuous urban area with the town.

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text: River

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text: west

text: coast

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text: United

text: Kingdom

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text: administrative

text: centre

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text: South

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text: town

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text: most

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text: smaller

text: town

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text: Prestwick

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text: north

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text: town

annotations: follows single

question: located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity dalmellington

answer: east ayrshire

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