Yorkshire

See also yorkshire

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old English Eoferwicscīr (“Yorkshire”); Eoferwic (“York”) +‎ scīr (“shire”)

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA: /ˈjɔːkʃə/
• IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Yorkshire

1. England's largest county. Situated in the north-east 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.

Translations

former large county

• Arabic: يوركشاير (ar) (yurkšayr) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 約克郡 (cmn), 约克郡 (cmn) (Yuēkèjùn)

• Esperanto: Jorkŝiro (eo)
• Finnish: Yorkshire (fi)
• French: Yorkshire (fr) m

• Georgian: იორკშირი (ka) (iorkširi) 
• German: Yorkshire (de) n
• Korean: 요크셔 (ko) (Yokeusyeo)
• Japanese: ヨークシャー (ja) (Yōkushā)
• Old English: Eoferwicscīr (ang) n
• Russian: Йоркшир (ru) (Jórkšir, Jorkšír) m 

Derived terms

• Yorks
• Yorkshire fog
• Yorkshireman
• Yorkshire pudding
• Yorkshire terrier
• Yorkshirewoman

See also

• riding
• wapentake

Noun

Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)

1. (informal) Shorter name for Yorkshire pudding.