English Explanatory Dictionary

Yorkshire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. England's largest county. Situated in the northeast 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.
noun
  1. A Yorkshire pudding.
  2. A Yorkshire canary.

Pronunciation

/ˈjɔːkʃə/ /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yorkshire.wav

Word forms

Yorkshire Yorkshires

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Tyke

Related words

riding wapentake

Derived words

come Yorkshire over West Riding of Yorkshire Yorks Yorkshire cake Yorkshire Dales Yorkshiredom Yorkshire fog Yorkshire grease Yorkshire grit Yorkshireism Yorkshireman Yorkshire mixture Yorkshire parkin Yorkshire pudding Yorkshire square Yorkshire terrier Yorkshire white Yorkshirewoman

Translations

Amharic: ዮርክሻየር Arabic: يُورْكْشَايْر Bengali: ইয়র্ক্শির Bulgarian: Йо́ркшър Bulgarian: Йо́ркшир Chinese Mandarin: 約克郡 /约克郡 Esperanto: Jorkŝiro Finnish: Yorkshire French: Yorkshire Georgian: იორკშირი German: Yorkshire Greek: Γιορκσάιρ Gujarati: યૉર્ક્શિર Hebrew: יורקשייר Hindi: यौर्क्शिर Italian: Yorkshire Japanese: ヨークシャー Kannada: ಯೋರ್ಕ್ಶಿರ್ Korean: 요크셔 Lao: ຢອຣ໌ກຊຽຣ໌ Latin: Isuria Latvian: Jorkšīra Lithuanian: Jorkšyras Malayalam: യോർക്ശിർ Marathi: यॉर्कशिर Middle English: Yorkschire Old English: Eoforwīcsċīr Portuguese: Yorkshire Russian: Йо́ркшир Sinhalese: යෝර්ක්ශිර් Spanish: Yorkshire Telugu: యోర్క్శిర్ Thai: ยอร์กเชียร์ Ukrainian: Йоркшир Welsh: Swydd Efrog
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