Yorkshire

See also: yorkshire

English

Etymology

From Middle English Yorkshire; equivalent to York (“English city”) +‎ shire. Displaced native Middle English Everwich schire.

Pronunciation

(Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈjɔːkʃə/
IPA^(key): /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Yorkshire

England's largest county. Situated in the north-east 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

(dialect): Tyke

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

former large county

Arabic: يُورْكْشَايْر‎‎ m (yurkšayr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約克郡 (zh), 约克郡 (zh) (Yuēkèjùn)
Esperanto: Jorkŝiro
Finnish: Yorkshire
French: Yorkshire (fr) m
Georgian: იორკშირი (iorḳširi)
German: Yorkshire (de) n
Greek: Γιορκσάιρ n (Giorksáir)
Hebrew: יורקשייר‎‎ m (yurqshiyr)

Japanese: ヨークシャー (Yōkushā)
Korean: 요크셔 (Yokeusyeo)
Latvian: Jorkšīra f
Lithuanian: Jorkšyras m
Old English: Eoferwicscīr n
Portuguese: Yorkshire m
Russian: Йо́ркшир (ru) m (Jórkšir), Йоркши́р (ru) m (Jorkšír)
Spanish: Yorkshire
Ukrainian: Йоркшир m (Jorkšyr)
Welsh: Swydd Efrog f

See also

Noun

Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)

(informal) A Yorkshire pudding.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Ȝorkschire, Yorke schyre, Yorkshir, Yorkschire, Yorkeschir, Yorkescher

Etymology

From York +‎ shire.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɔrkˌʃiːr/, /ˈjɔrkˌʃər/

Proper noun

Yorkshire

Yorkshire (county of England)

Descendants

English: Yorkshire

References

“York (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

Yorkshire (a county of England)

Noun

Yorkshire m, f (plural Yorkshires)

Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire

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