Yorkshire
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See also: yorkshire
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English Yorkshire; equivalent to York (“English city”) + shire. Displaced native cognate Middle English Everwich schire, from Old English Eoforwīcsċīr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Yorkshire
- England's largest county. Situated in the north-east of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.
- A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.
Synonyms[edit]
- (dialect): Tyke
Hypernyms[edit]
- Yorkshire and the Humber (one of the nine official regions of England)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
former large county
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See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Yorkshire
Descendants[edit]
- English: Yorkshire
References[edit]
- “York, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Yorkshire m
Noun[edit]
Yorkshire m or f by sense (plural Yorkshires)
- Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Yorkshire m
- Yorkshire (largest county in the United Kingdom by size)
Hypernyms[edit]
- Yorkshire y Humber (“Yorkshire and the Humber”) (one of the nine regions of England)
Hyponyms[edit]
- Yorkshire del Norte (“North Yorkshire”) (shire county)
- Yorkshire del Oeste (“West Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)
- Yorkshire del Sur (“South Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)
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