Yorkshire
See also: yorkshire
English
Etymology
From Middle English Yorkshire; equivalent to York (“English city”) + shire. Displaced native Middle English Everwich schire.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/
Proper noun
Yorkshire
- 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.
- A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.
Synonyms
- (dialect): Tyke
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
former large county
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See also
Noun
Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Yorkshire
Descendants
- English: Yorkshire
References
- “York (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Yorkshire m
Noun
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- Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire
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