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Rutland
[ ruht-luhnd ]
Rutland
/ ˈʌٱəԻ /
noun
- an inland county of central England: the smallest of the historical English counties, it became part of Leicestershire in 1974 but was reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1997: mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Oakham. Pop: 35 700 (2003 est). Area: 394 sq km (152 sq miles)
Example Sentences
Ava now travels an hour by taxi to school in the neighbouring county of Rutland as it was the nearest place available.
Cpl Roberts, a sniper in the Royal Anglian Regiment based in Oakham, Rutland, died in hospital on 1 November having never regained consciousness, the court heard.
Medic David Anderson, from Rutland, spent six months last year in war-torn Gaza as part of the UK government's humanitarian response.
Leicestershire Police said the most severely affected areas included Melton, the south of the county and Rutland.
And there are significant differences in fertility services policy across the five integrated care boards in the East Midlands - which cover Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.
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