Leicestershire
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English Lægrecastrescir. The middle and last element are ceaster (“town, city”) and scir (“district”), common in placenames. The first element is probably from the former name of the river Soar, *Ligora, *Ligera, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“sediment”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), similar to the French river Loire.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Leicestershire
- An inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.
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References edit
- ^ Gelling et al. (eds.), The names of towns and cities in Britain, B. T. Batsford, 1970, p. 122.