a town of Scotland, capital of Kinross-shire, is situated in an open vale on the W. side of Lochleven, 28 miles N.W. from Edinburgh. The lower and older part of the town has an irregular and antique appearance, but the more recent portion is much improved. Among the public buildings are the parish church, an elegant Gothic structure, built in 1832, and the county-hall; Free church, and two United Presbyterian churches, a savings bank, two libraries, and several charitable and benevolent institutions. On the margin of the loch, in the immediate vicinity of the town, is Kinross House, built for the residence of the Duke of York, afterwards James VII., in the event of his being prevented by the Exclusion Bill from succeeding to his brother. The town is lighted with gas. The manufactures are noticed under Kinross-shire. Pop. (1851) 2590.