Editing Dunbartonshire (section)

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'''Dunbartonshire''' ({{langx|gd|Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/dunbartonshire/|title=Dunbartonshire|website=www.ainmean-aite.scot|access-date=2020-02-22|archive-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124956/https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/dunbartonshire/|url-status=dead}}</ref> or the '''County of Dumbarton''' is a [[Shires of Scotland|historic county]], [[lieutenancy areas of Scotland|lieutenancy area]] and [[registration county]] in the west [[central Lowlands]] of [[Scotland]] lying to the north of the [[River Clyde]]. Dunbartonshire borders [[Perthshire]] to the north, [[Stirlingshire]] to the east, [[Lanarkshire]] and [[Renfrewshire]] to the south, and [[Argyllshire]] to the west.

The county covered a similar area to the [[earldom]] and later [[duchy]] of [[Lennox (district)|Lennox]]. The historic county gives its name to two of Scotland's modern [[council area]]s, being [[East Dunbartonshire]] and [[West Dunbartonshire]].