Ayrshire

ayrshire English Pronunciation en /ˈeːɹʃəɹ/ Scotland en /ˈɛəʃɪə/ /ˈɛəʃə/ RP en /ˈɛɚʃɪɚ/ GA Proper noun en Q793283 en traditional county cc/Scotland. en 1 March 2026 Jonathan Geddes Could a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire - or ruin it? BBC News Last autumn, Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) - a company with a background in clean energy development and battery storage projects - announced ambitious plans for a data cluster called the Stoics, spread across sites in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife. 5 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260515231822/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d1ny161yyo Derived terms en Ayrshire rose en East Ayrshire en North Ayrshire en South Ayrshire Noun en Q793281 A breed of cattle developed in Ayrshire, Scotland, notable for the quantity and quality of its milk. en The Ayrshire is renowned for its milk well suited to cheesemaking. en 2018 Kurlansky Mark Mark Kurlansky Chapter 1: The First Taste of Sweetness Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas Bloomsbury 9781632863843 Different milks have varying amounts of fats, proteins, and lactose, and arguments abound over the relative merits and possible harms of each. For many centuries, milk with a high fat content was considered to be the best, and low-fat or skimmed milk was considered fraudulent—in fact, selling it was often illegal. Cow breeds that produce milk with a high fat content, such as Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Guernseys, have always been valued, especially for cheesemaking. en individual of Q793281 Any individual of this breed. en As if to keep our rather abstract conversation properly grounded in earthy realities, a couple of Ayrshires wandered past us and left behind some cowpies for our consideration. Translations cow Finnish: fi ayrshirelehmä, fi ayrshire Marathi: mr एअरशर Swedish: sv ayrshireko en Cattle