Yorkshire
English
/ˈjɔːkʃə/, /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)/
proper noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Yorkshire affix from English York (English city) + English shire.
Origin
English
shire
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bedfordshire English
- Blankshire English
- Loamshire English
- Londonshire English
- Monmouthshire English
- Somersetshire English
- Worcestershire English
- York English
- Yorkie English
- Yorkish English
- Yorkism English
- Yorkist English
- Yorkshireman English
- Yorkshireness English
- Yorkshirewoman English
- Yorkstone English
- Yorkton English
- Yorkville English
- sheriff English
- shire English
- shire-reeve English
- shiremote English
- woman English
- York Italian
- Йоркшир Russian
- yorkshire Portuguese
- ヨーク Japanese
- ヨークシャー Japanese
- ヨークシャー人 Japanese
- Eoforwīċ Old English
- Eoforwīċsċīr Old English
- sċīr Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Everwik Middle English
- York Middle English
- Yorkshire Middle English
- shire Middle English
- يوركشاير Arabic
- York Catalan, Valencian
- skíri Icelandic
- Υόρκη Greek (modern)
- sir Welsh
- siorrachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- იორკშირი Georgian
- *eburos Proto-Celtic
- 約克 Chinese