9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Perthshire (redirected fromPerthshire, Scotland) Encyclopedia (ˈpɜːθˌʃɪə; -ʃə) n (Placename) (until 1975) a county of central Scotland, now part of Perth and Kinross council area ...
1.(Placename) a city in central Scotland, in Perth and Kinross on the River Tay: capital of Scotland from the 12th century until the assassination of James I there in 1437. Pop: 44 200 (2009 est) 2.(Placename) a city in SW Australia, capital of Western Australia, on the Swan River...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook perthosite [′pər·thə‚sīt] (petrology) A light-colored syenite composed almost entirely of perthite, with less than 3% mafic minerals. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyri...