Gloucester

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English Glowchestre, from Old English Glēawċeaster, Glēaweċeaster, Glēawan ċeaster, from Latin Glēvum + Old English ċeaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

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Gloucester

  1. A city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
  2. A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A city in Massachusetts.
  4. A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
  5. A census-designated place in North Carolina.
  6. A town in New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A royal dukedom.

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Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural Gloucesters)

  1. A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire.

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References

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  • 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN