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Yorkshire
[ yawrk-sheer, -sher ]
noun
- Also called York, a former county in N England, now part of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.
- one of an English breed of white hogs having erect ears.
Yorkshire
/ -ʃə; ˈjɔːkˌʃɪə /
noun
- a historic county of N England: the largest English county, formerly divided administratively into East, West, and North Ridings. In 1974 it was much reduced in size and divided into the new counties of North, West, and South Yorkshire: in 1996 the East Riding of Yorkshire was reinstated as a unitary authority and parts of the NE were returned to North Yorkshire for geographical and ceremonial purposes
Example Sentences
West Yorkshire Police said a 20-year-old man from Kirkburton had been arrested on suspicion of murder and another man, 22, and woman, 20, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A man was arrested in Sheffield on Thursday morning with the assistance of Counter Terrorism Policing North East and South Yorkshire Police.
Some people living in rural Lower Cumberworth in West Yorkshire have begun texting their neighbours before they wash to avoid taps running dry.
Elections will be held for 23 councils, while there will also be mayoral elections in the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and - for the first time - in Hull and East Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.
Can Sussex and Yorkshire make a fist of it on their return to Division One?
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