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Wikipedia: Stranraer is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire. Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. The name is generally believed to come from the Scottish Gaelic "An t-Sròn Reamhar" meaning literally "The Fat Nose", but which more prosaically might be rendered as "the broad headland" - although another interpretation would connect the second element in the name with Rerigonium, a settlement anciently noted by Ptolemy in this part of Britain.
![[Stranraer and the shores of Loch Ryan, as seen from the northeastern end of the town]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stranraer_from_NE_s.jpg "Stranraer and the shores of Loch Ryan, as seen from the northeastern end of the town")
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![[A picture of Stranraer]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panoramic_view_of_Stranraer_2C_Scotland_s.jpg "A picture of Stranraer")
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![[Dumfries & Galloway College's Stranraer Campus]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Johnniven_s.jpg "Dumfries & Galloway College's Stranraer Campus")
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![[Part of the Dick's Hill area]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stranraer_Close_Up_s.jpg "Part of the Dick's Hill area")
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