Gloucester

English

Etymology

From Latin Glēvum + Old English ceaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡlɒstə/, X-SAMPA: /"glQst@/
• (US) enPR: gläsʹtər, IPA: /ˈɡlɑstɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"glAst@`/

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Proper noun

Wikipedia

Gloucester

1. a city in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales
2. a type of cheese

Translations

city

• Macedonian: Глостер (mk) (Glóster) m

• Welsh: Caerloyw (cy) f

References

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198527586