Yorkshire
See also: yorkshire
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English Yorkshire; equivalent to York (“English city”) + shire. Displaced native cognate Middle English Everwich schire, from Old English Eoforwīcsċīr.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Yorkshire
- 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.
- A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.
Synonyms edit
- (dialect): Tyke
Hypernyms edit
- Yorkshire and the Humber (one of the nine official regions of England)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
former large county
|
See also edit
Noun edit
Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Yorkshire
Descendants edit
- English: Yorkshire
References edit
- “York, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Yorkshire m
Noun edit
Yorkshire m or f by sense (plural Yorkshires)
- Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Yorkshire m
- Yorkshire (largest county in the United Kingdom by size)
Hypernyms edit
- Yorkshire y Humber (“Yorkshire and the Humber”) (one of the nine regions of England)
Hyponyms edit
- Yorkshire del Norte (“North Yorkshire”) (shire county)
- Yorkshire del Oeste (“West Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)
- Yorkshire del Sur (“South Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)