Yorkshire

See also: yorkshire

English

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Yorkshire

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Yorkshire

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.

Synonyms

• (dialect): Tyke

Hypernyms

• Yorkshire and the Humber (one of the nine official regions of England)

Derived terms

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

Translations

former large county

Amharic: ዮርክሻየር (Yorkshayer) Arabic: يُورْكْشَايْر m (yurkšayr) Bengali: ইয়র্ক্শির (iẏorkśir) Bulgarian: Йо́ркшър m (Jórkšǎr), Йо́ркшир m (Jórkšir) Chinese: Mandarin: 約克郡 / 约克郡 (zh) (Yuēkèjùn) Esperanto: Jorkŝiro Finnish: Yorkshire French: Yorkshire (fr) m Georgian: იორკშირი (ka) (iorḳširi) German: Yorkshire (de) n Greek: Γιορκσάιρ n (Giorksáir) Gujarati: યૉર્ક્શિર (yŏrkśir) Hebrew: יורקשייר m (yurqshiyr) Hindi: यौर्क्शिर (yaurkśir) Italian: Yorkshire m Japanese: ヨークシャー (Yōkushā) Kannada: ಯೋರ್ಕ್ಶಿರ್ (yōrkśir) Korean: 요크셔 (Yokeusyeo) Lao: ຢອຣ໌ກຊຽຣ໌ (yǭn ka sīan) Latin: Isuria f Latvian: Jorkšīra f Lithuanian: Jorkšyras m Malayalam: യോർക്ശിർ (yōṟkśiṟ) Marathi: यॉर्कशिर (yŏrkaśir) Middle English: Yorkschire Old English: Eoforwīcsċīr f Portuguese: Yorkshire m Russian: Йо́ркшир (ru) m (Jórkšir), Йоркши́р (ru) m (Jorkšír) Sinhalese: යෝර්ක්ශිර් (yōrkśir) Spanish: Yorkshire Telugu: యోర్క్శిర్ (yōrkśir) Thai: ยอร์กเชียร์ Ukrainian: Йоркшир m (Jorkšyr) Welsh: Swydd Efrog f

See also

• riding
• wapentake

Noun

Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)

1. (informal) A Yorkshire pudding.
2. (informal) A Yorkshire canary.
   • 2007, Diane Grindol, The Canary: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet:

     The Yorkshire Canary Club was founded in 1894. The Yorkshire can be up to 6¾ inches in length, and stands tall so that its height is obvious. Yorkshires are available in many colors and can have variegations on them.

Middle English

Proper noun

Yorkshire

1. alternative form of Yorkschire

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

1. Yorkshire (a county of England)

Noun

Yorkshire m or f by sense (plural Yorkshires)

1. alternative letter-case form of yorkshire

Spanish

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

1. Yorkshire (largest county in the United Kingdom by size)

Hypernyms

• Yorkshire y Humber (“Yorkshire and the Humber”) (one of the nine regions of England)

Hyponyms

• Yorkshire del Norte (“North Yorkshire”) (shire county)
• Yorkshire del Oeste (“West Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)
• Yorkshire del Sur (“South Yorkshire”) (metropolitan county)