Yorkshire

See also: yorkshire

English

Etymology

From Middle English Yorkshire; equivalent to York (English city) + shire. Displaced native cognate Middle English Everwich schire, from Old English Eoforwīcsċīr.

Pronunciation

  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈjɔːkʃə/
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/
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Proper noun

Yorkshire

  1. 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.
  2. A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

  • Yorkshire and the Humber (one of the nine official regions of England)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Noun

Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)

  1. (informal) A Yorkshire pudding.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From York + shire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔrkˌʃiːr/, /ˈjɔrkˌʃər/

Proper noun

Yorkshire

  1. Yorkshire (a county of England)

Descendants

  • English: Yorkshire

References

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

  1. Yorkshire (a county of England)

Noun

Yorkshire m or f by sense (plural Yorkshires)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire

Spanish

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

  1. Yorkshire (largest county in the United Kingdom by size)

Hypernyms

  • Yorkshire y Humber (Yorkshire and the Humber) (one of the nine regions of England)

Hyponyms

  • 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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