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YORKSHIRE

Pronunciation (US):

• YORKSHIRE (noun)
The noun YORKSHIRE has 1 sense:

1. a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties

Familiarity information: YORKSHIRE used as a noun is very rare.

• YORKSHIRE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Yorkshire" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

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(Corsican proverb)

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