Definition of Dumfries and Galloway:
(n) :
A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, formerly a region created in 1975 from the counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.
(n) :
The UK Parliament constituency, which, despite its name, does not cover the whole of the Dumfries and Galloway council area.