Yorkshire

See also: yorkshire

English

Etymology

From Middle English Yorkshire; 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 north-east 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
• Yorkshireman
• Yorkshire parkin
• Yorkshire pudding
• Yorkshire square
• Yorkshire terrier
• Yorkshirewoman

 

Translations

former large county

• Amharic: ዮርክሻየር (Yorkshayer)
• Arabic: يُورْكْشَايْر m (yurkšayr)
• Bengali: ইয়র্ক্শির (iẏorkśir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 約克郡／约克郡 (zh) (Yuēkèjùn)

• Esperanto: Jorkŝiro
• Finnish: Yorkshire
• French: Yorkshire (fr) m
• Georgian: იორკშირი (ka) (iorḳširi), 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)
• 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.

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From York +‎ shire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔrkˌʃiːr/, /ˈjɔrkˌʃər/

Proper noun

Yorkshire

1. Yorkshire (a 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

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)