cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Kashmir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/
ipa: /kæʃˈmiɹ/
other: /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/
other: /kæʒˈmiɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Cashmere
form: Kashmeer
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).
Senses: examples: text: The picturesque Himalayan region of Kashmir is dangerously contested territory, parts of it claimed by India, Pakistan and China. While the three nuclear armed nations have gone to war over territorial disputes over the past seven decades, the rights of Kashmiris and their dreams of self-determination have been systematically sacrificed, like lambs to slaughter for the Muslim festival.
ref: 2019 August 11, Leela Jacinto, “Modi’s shock Kashmir move threatens India’s standing on world’s stage”, in France 24, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2019, Asia / Pacific:
text: Pakistan has claimed Kashmir since the partition of India in 1947 and the countries have fought two wars over the region, which is also partially claimed by China.
ref: 2023 January 11, Rupam Jain, Kanupriya Kapoor, “How India's ruling party is tightening its grip on Kashmir”, in Mike Collett-White, David Clarke, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2023:
text: The biggest rivalry in cricket reflects bilateral ties outside the ground, as India and Pakistan have fought several wars since the subcontinent was divided into two nations upon its independence from the British empire in 1947.
The two neighboring countries are involved in a territorial dispute over the Kashmir region, and New Delhi has accused Islamabad of sponsoring cross-border terrorism, a charge that the latter denies.
ref: 2023 October 14, “Massive hype, crowds as India, Pakistan meet in cricket world cup match”, in EFE, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023:
glosses: A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.
glosses: An intermontane valley situated between Pir Panjal Range and Himadri.
Derived terms: Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Kashmir cypress
Kashmiri
Kashmirian
Kashmir stag
Related terms: cashmere
Koshur
Kashmir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/
ipa: /kæʃˈmiɹ/
other: /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/
other: /kæʒˈmiɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Kashmirs
form: Cashmere
form: Kashmeer
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cashmere (“type of goat”).
Related terms: Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu
northern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔːðən/
ipa: /ˈnɔːðn̩/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹðɚn/
enpr: nôr′thərn
ipa: /ˈnɒðə(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: northerns
Etymology: From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordrōni and Old Norse norrœnn.
Morphologically north + -ern.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the northern regions; a northerner.
examples: text: As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.
ref: 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: The northern pike.
coordinate_terms: northwestern
western
glosses: A film or other dramatic work set primarily in the late 19th or early 20th century in the north of North America, primarily in western Canada but also in Alaska, often with a Mountie as the protagonist.
subcontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcontinents
Etymology: From sub- + continent.
Senses: glosses: A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent).
Coordinate terms: microcontinent
subcontinent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the subcontinent
form: Subcontinent
Etymology: Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent.
Senses: examples: text: The Turks had acquired the culture of power of Persia and implemented its political and administrative traditions in the subcontinent.
ref: 2006, Ilhan Niaz, An Inquiry into the Culture of Power of the Subcontinent, page 290:
text: The terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore could lead to Dubai and Abu Dhabi becoming the "home" venues for the subcontinent’s cricket-playing countries for the forseeable future, according to leading officials in England and worldwide.
ref: 2009 March 8, Jamie Jackson, “Dubai stands by to host Test cricket”, in The Guardian:
text: Highlights include a debate on east London architecture, quirky performances staged at the Barbican, music and dance from the subcontinent, and the East Commonwealth Games in Spitalfields Market, with events ranging from bicycle polo to kabaddi (a cross between tag and wrestling).
ref: 2010 February 26, Jolyon Attwooll, “Coming up: What's on the world of travel”, in Daily Telegraph:
glosses: The Indian subcontinent, South Asia.
Derived terms: subcontinental
landmass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænd.mæs/
Forms: form: landmasses
form: land mass
form: land-mass
Etymology: From land + mass.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.
I and I
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: You and I; we.
glosses: Jah (God) and I.
Rastafarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rastafarian + -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri, from ራስ (ras, “chief, head”) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”)), a title of Haile Selassie.
Senses: glosses: A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.
wikipedia: Haile Selassie
Synonyms: Rasta
Rastafari
Related terms: Rastafarian
prophecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒfɪsi/
enpr: prŏfʹĭ-sē
ipa: /ˈpɹɑfɪsi/
Forms: form: prophecies
form: prophecie
form: prophesy
Etymology: From Middle English prophecie, from Old French prophetie, from Latin prophētīa, from Ancient Greek προφητεία (prophēteía, “prophecy”), from προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “speaker of a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I tell”). Displaced native Old English wītgung. Doublet of prophesy.
Senses: examples: text: French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
text: But Nature, prevoyant, tingled into his heart an inarticulate thrill of prophecy.
ref: 1862, Margaret Oliphant, The Life of Edward Irving:
text: It is recorded that this remarkable prophecy, now largely fulfilled, was received with much merriment—an undeserved fate.
ref: 1955 November, G. Machell, “Railway Development at Aylesbury - 1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 741-742:
text: Flatterers were indeed beginning to wonder whether Edward I was not a new Arthur in the mould of Merlinic prophecies.
ref: 2000, R. R. Davies, The First English Empire: Power and Identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
glosses: The public interpretation of Scripture.
Derived terms: propheciographer
self-fulfilling prophecy
self-defeating prophecy
Related terms: prophesy
prophet
prophetation
prophetic
prophetically
propheticism
propheticly
prophetocracy
prophetry
prophecy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒfɪsi/
enpr: prŏfʹĭ-sē
ipa: /ˈpɹɑfɪsi/
Forms: form: prophecies
form: prophecying
form: prophecied
form: prophecied
Senses: examples: text: […] think of the kind pains you took to reason and persuade me out of my fears, convince me that I should like it after a little while, and feel how right you proved to be, I am inclined to hope you may always prophecy as well.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 53:
text: The manipulation of these tremendous beneficent energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
ref: 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 21
text: One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]
ref: 2001, Marjorie Garber, "“ ” (Quotation Marks)", in S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142
text: The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
ref: 2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135:
text: the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);
ref: 2014, Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions, Routledge, page 85:
glosses: Alternative form of prophesy.
prediction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
rhymes: -ɪkʃən
Forms: form: predictions
form: prædiction
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.
Senses: examples: text: make predictions about something
text: correct prediction
text: offer up a prediction
text: incorrect prediction
text: the prediction came true
text: The weather forecaster made a prediction of heavy rain tomorrow.
text: His prediction about the stock market proved correct.
text: It’s difficult to make an accurate prediction about the future.
text: The scientists issued a bold prediction of technological change.
synonyms: forecast
foretale
foretelling
prevision
prognosis
prognostication
glosses: A statement of what will happen in the future.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A probability estimation based on statistical methods.
Synonyms: word: foretale
word: foretelling
word: prediction
word: prognostication
word: weird
Hyponyms: word: forecast
word: prognosis
word: prophecy
Derived terms: hopediction
interprediction
metaprediction
misprediction
neuroprediction
overprediction
postprediction
predictional
prediction market
retrodiction
underprediction
Wiener-Kolmogorov prediction
Related terms: word: predict
word: anticipation
word: premonition
word: presage
word: presentiment
word: divination
word: precognition
square bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: square brackets
Senses: examples: text: We must, in short, employ a special bracket for operative relations ; and the square bracket is the most convenient. Hence [a + bβ] x denotes that a + bβ operates on x, and [φ]ⁿ denotes that φ operates on itself n - 1 times.
ref: 1905, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 33:
glosses: Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
Related terms: word: angle bracket
word: brace
word: bracket
word: curly bracket
word: lenticular bracket
word: parenthesis
word: ⎴
english: vertical square brackets
translation: vertical square brackets
word: ⎵
Bedfordshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English Bedefordschire, from Old English Bedanfordsċīr, equivalent to Bedford + shire.
Senses: glosses: A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
examples: text: I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five.
ref: 1993, Tom Wakefield, War Paint:
text: Now come along young lady, up to Bedfordshire.
ref: 1998, Mary Sheepshanks, A Price for Everything:
glosses: Bed.
Derived terms: Bedfordshire clanger
Central Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːkʃə/
ipa: /bɚkʃɚ/
Etymology: From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocsċīr; the first element is possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).
Senses: examples: text: My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
ref: 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
glosses: An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A community in Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Tioga County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
Synonyms: Berks
Brks.
Derived terms: word: Berkshire Hathaway
word: Berkshire County
word: West Berkshire
Berkshire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːkʃə/
ipa: /bɚkʃɚ/
Forms: form: Berkshires
Etymology: From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocsċīr; the first element is possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).
Senses: glosses: A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
examples: text: Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.
Cheshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛʃər/
ipa: /ˈtʃɛʃəɪr/
rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Chesher
form: Cheshir
form: Chesshire
form: Chesshyre
form: Chesser
form: Chessor
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Cheschire, late form of Chestreschire, from Old English Ċeastersċīr, from Ceaster (“Chester”, from ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”)) + scīr (“district, shire”).
Senses: glosses: A northwestern county of England, bordered by the Rivers Mersey and Dee, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms: Cheshire cat
Cheshire cheese
Cheshire County
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Cornwall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːn.wɔːl/
ipa: /ˈkɔːn.wəl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹn.wɔl/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹn.wɑl/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwɔːl
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwəl
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nwɑl
Etymology: From Middle English Cornwaile, Cornwayle, a modification of Cornwale (after Old French Cornuaille), from Old English Cornwēalas (“Cornwall, inhabitants of Cornwall”), from Proto-Celtic *kornu (“horn”) + Old English wealh (“stranger, foreigner”). Compare Wales/Welsh, Walloon, Gaul. Doublet of Cornouaille.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula, cultural area, maritime ceremonial county, and duchy in England; forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east.
glosses: The country of the Cornish, currently having the status of a royal duchy in England belonging to the male heir apparent to the reigning monarch, and consisting at least of the Cornwall County and the Isles of Scilly.
glosses: The westernmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the east; named for the English county.
glosses: A city, the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A town in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Henry County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Orange County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Addison County, Vermont.
glosses: A rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality in Break O'Day council area, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Cornell
Cornwallian
Cornwall Island
cornwallite
Devonwall
Related terms: Cornish
Cumberland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/
Etymology: From Middle English Cumberland, from Old English Cumberland.
Senses: glosses: A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
glosses: A unitary authority in Cumbria, England, created on 1 April 2023, replacing Allerdale borough and Copeland borough, and the city of Carlisle district, with basically the same area as the old county of Cumberland.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A river in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States, a tributary to the Ohio River.
glosses: A town on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Cumberland City Council.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Cumberland County
Cumberland disease
Cumberlandism
Cumberland pie
Cumberland rum butter
Cumberland sauce
Cumberland sausage
Cumberland slider
New Cumberland
Dorset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔː.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪt
Etymology: From the county town of Dorchester. The Old English name was Dornwaraceaster, composed of the British Latin name Durnovaria and the common suffix -ceaster; the word was eventually reduced to Dornsǣte, Dorsǣte, a reduction of the original name + the suffix -sǣte (“people, dwellers”), whence Middle English Dorsete.
Senses: glosses: A maritime county of England, bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
glosses: A unitary authority of England, which includes all of the traditional county except Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a separate unitary authority.
glosses: A place name elsewhere:
A local government area in north-east Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A place name elsewhere:
A community in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A place name elsewhere:
An unincorporated community in Henrietta Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A place name elsewhere:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, named after Dorset, Vermont.
glosses: A place name elsewhere:
A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the English county.
Derived terms: word: Dorset Down
word: Dorset Horn
word: Dorsetshire
word: East Dorset
word: North Dorset
word: West Dorset
County Durham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Cumbria and North Yorkshire.
Related terms: english: North Carolina
translation: North Carolina
word: Durham County
Essex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.ɪks/
rhymes: -ɛsɪks
Etymology: Inherited from Old English Ēastseaxan (literally “East Saxons”), which stood for both Essex and the people of Essex.
Senses: glosses: A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
glosses: A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Humboldt County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Stark County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Page County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Essex County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A large town in Chittenden County, Vermont.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Essex County
Essex girl
Essexian
essexite
Essex man
Essex skipper
Essexville
Related terms: Mid Sussex
Sussex
Wessex
West Sussex
Gloucestershire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɒstəʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡlɒstəʃɪə/
ipa: /ˈɡlɔstəʃə/
ipa: /ˈɡlɔstəɹʃəɹ/
ipa: /ˈɡlɑstɚʃaɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈɡlɑstəʃɚ/
enpr: glästʹərshīr
Etymology: From Middle English Gloucestreschire; equivalent to Gloucester + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
Derived terms: South Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæmpʃɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhæmpʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æmpʃɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æmpʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Hampshires
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Hampteschire, from Old English Hāmtūnsċīr. For the development of epenthetic /p/, compare Thompson.
The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the county in England. The name was inspired by nearby Wiltshire.
Senses: examples: text: In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
ref: 2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A placename
A maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.
glosses: A placename
A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Hampshire County.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: sense: Hampshire, England, UK
word: County of Southampton
sense: Hampshire, England, UK
word: Hamptonshire
sense: Hampshire, England, UK
word: Hants
sense: Hampshire, England, UK
word: Southamptonshire
Derived terms: East Hampshire
Hampshire County
Hampshirite
New Hampshire
Hampshire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæmpʃɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhæmpʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æmpʃɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æmpʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Hampshires
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Hampteschire, from Old English Hāmtūnsċīr. For the development of epenthetic /p/, compare Thompson.
The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the county in England. The name was inspired by nearby Wiltshire.
Senses: glosses: A pig of a domestic breed characterized by erect ears, a black body, and a white band around the middle, covering the front legs.
Derived terms: Hamprace
Herefordshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛ.ɹə.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English Herefordschire, from late Old English Herefordsċīr; equivalent to Hereford + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A ceremonial county and unitary authority in the West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Radnorshire and Brecknockshire.
Related terms: Hereford and Worcester
Hertfordshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑː(ɹ)t.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English Hertfordschire; equivalent to Hertford + -shire.
Senses: glosses: An inland county of south-east England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Essex, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
Derived terms: East Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌn.tɪŋ.dɵn.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Huntingdon + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A former inland county of Eastern England, now absorbed into Cambridgeshire.
glosses: A local government district in Cambridgeshire formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Huntingdon.
Related terms: Huntingdon and Peterborough
Kent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).
Senses: glosses: A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
glosses: A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
glosses: A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
glosses: A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Colusa County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Litchfield, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa, disincorporated in 2003.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Putnam County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Portage County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in King County, Washington, United States; a suburb of Seattle.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C..
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
glosses: A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
glosses: A royal dukedom.
Derived terms: Chatham-Kent
Fort Kent
Kent Acres
Kent City
Kent County
Kentish
Kent Island
Kentland
Kent Narrows
Kent Peninsula
Kents Bank
Kents Hill
Kent Street
Kentville
maid of Kent
man of Kent
New Kent
New Kent County
Old Kent Road
South Kent
Lancashire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæŋkəʃə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/
Etymology: From Middle English Lancastreschire, from Lancastre (“Lancaster”) + schire (“shire, county”).
Senses: glosses: A maritime county in the north-west of England bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Merseyside.
Derived terms: Lancashire boiler
Lancashire Heeler
Lancashire hotpot
Lancashire over the sands
Lancashire over the water
Lancashire peeler
Lancashire wrestling
West Lancashire
Lancashire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæŋkəʃə/
ipa: /ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə/
Forms: form: Lancashires
Etymology: From Middle English Lancastreschire, from Lancastre (“Lancaster”) + schire (“shire, county”).
Senses: glosses: A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England.
Leicestershire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛs.tə(ɹ).ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Old English Lægreċeastresċīr. The middle and last element are ceaster (“town, city”) and scir (“district”), common in placenames. The first element is probably from the former name of the river Soar, *Ligora, *Ligera, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“sediment”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), similar to the French river Loire. By surface analysis, Leicester + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
ref: 2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
glosses: An inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.
Derived terms: Leicestershire cheese
North West Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪŋkənˌʃɪə/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋkənˌʃə/
ipa: /ˈlɪŋkənʃəɹ/
ipa: [ˈliŋkʰə̆nʃɚ]
ipa: /ˈlɪŋkənˌʃɪɹ/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Lincolneschire, Lincolnschire, from late Old English Lincolnesċīr (first recorded in the 11th century); equivalent to Lincoln + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 263:
text: On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services.
ref: 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
text: Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
ref: 2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
glosses: A county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
Synonyms: Lincs
Derived terms: North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
Middlesex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/
Etymology: From Old English Middelseaxan (literally “Middle Saxons”), which stood for both Middlesex and its people.
Senses: glosses: A former inland county of England, partly absorbed into the erstwhile County of London in 1889; finally abolished in 1965 and absorbed mainly into Greater London, the south-west corner of the county becoming Spelthorne Borough and included in Surrey.
glosses: The central of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the counties of Cornwall in the west and Surrey in the east; named for the English county.
glosses: Ellipsis of Middlesex County.
Derived terms: Middlesex Centre
Middlesex County
Middlesex gallows
North Middlesex
Southwest Middlesex
Norfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊlk/
ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
Etymology: From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”). As an Ecuadorian island, clipping of Duke of Norfolk's Island, bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke.
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: East Anglia
text: The shoreline – a mass of seals and their white pups – is one of Britain’s greatest wildlife success stories: a grey seal colony on the east Norfolk coast.
ref: 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian:
related: word: Suffolk
glosses: A maritime county of eastern England bordered by Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, and the North Sea.
glosses: An English dukedom.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
examples: text: Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.
ref: 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN:
glosses: An independent city in Virginia, United States; the largest naval base in the world is situated there.
glosses: Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a county of Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Norfolk County: a former county of Virginia, United States.
glosses: An island of Australia; in full, Norfolk Island.
glosses: A territory of Australia, including the island; in full, Norfolk Island.
synonyms: Norfuk
glosses: A language spoken on Norfolk Island.
glosses: Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Coordinate terms: Suffolk
named as a pair with Norfolk
Derived terms: Duke of Norfolk's Island
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
New Norfolk
Norfolk Black
Norfolk County
Norfolk crop rotation
Norfolk Howard
Norfolkian
Norfolk Island
Norfolk pine
Norfolk rotation
Norfolk Terrier
Norfolk Treherne
Norfolk Trotter
North Norfolk
South Norfolk
Related terms: Norfolcian
Norfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).foʊlk/
ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ).fək/
Forms: form: Norfolks
Etymology: From Middle English Northfolk, from Old English Norþfolc (literally “northern people”), from norþ (“north, northern”) + folc (“folk, people, race, nation”). As an Ecuadorian island, clipping of Duke of Norfolk's Island, bestowed by William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684 honor of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk; his son Henry, the 7th duke; or both. As an Australian island and territory, bestowed by James Cook in 1774 in honor of Mary Howard, wife of the 9th duke.
Senses: glosses: A Norfolk jacket.
glosses: A Norfolk spaniel.
Northamptonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː(ɹ)θˌhæmp.tən.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Northampton + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
ref: 2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
glosses: A midland county of England. County town Northampton, bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.
Synonyms: Northants
Derived terms: East Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔː(ɹ)ˈθʌm.bə(ɹ).lənd/
Etymology: From Middle English Northumberlond, Northhumberlond, from Old English Norþhymbra land (“land of the Northumbrians”).
Senses: glosses: A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.
glosses: A unitary authority in Northumberland, England, which includes all of the traditional county except the area around Newcastle upon Tyne.
glosses: An English dukedom.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Saratoga County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms: Northumberland County
Northumberlander
Northumberland Park
Northumberland Strait
Related terms: Northumbria
Northumbrian
Nottinghamshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Nottingham + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
"Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
glosses: A north-midland county of England bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
Oxfordshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒks.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɑks.fɚd.ʃɚ/
Etymology: From Middle English Oxenfordschire, from late Old English Oxenafordsċīr; equivalent to Oxford + -shire.
Senses: examples: text: Oxfordshire County Council said it would not implement any more LTNs without consulting residents. […] Cabinet members of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Coalition, which took over the council in May, issued a statement saying they would hold a "non-statutory consultation so that we can listen and devise something that works for everyone".
ref: 2021 June 19, “Hundreds protest over Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhoods”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021:
glosses: A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
Derived terms: South Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire
Rutland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌt.lənd/
rhymes: -ʌtlənd
Etymology: Unclear. Attested in Old English as Roteland and Ritelanede. Perhaps hrīþer (“cattle”) + land (“land”), or from the personal name Rota + land.
Senses: glosses: A small landlocked county in the East Midlands of England.
glosses: An English habitational surname from the county in England.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Rutland County, Vermont; named for English nobleman John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Illinois; named for the city in Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A neighborhood of Kelowna, British Columbia; named for early settler John "Hope" Matthew Rutland.
glosses: A ghost town in Saskatchewan.
Derived terms: Braunston-in-Rutland
Rutland County
Rutland Water
Shropshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).
Senses: glosses: An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
glosses: Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.
Derived terms: North Shropshire
Shropshire Blue
Shropshire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Shropshires
Etymology: From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).
Senses: glosses: One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
Staffordshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstæf.əd.ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English Staffordschire, from late Old English Stæffordsċīr; equivalent to Stafford + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, bordered by Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire.
Derived terms: East Staffordshire
South Staffordshire
Staffordshire bull terrier
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffs
Staffs.
Suffolk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌf.ək/
ipa: /ˈsʌf.ək/
ipa: /ˈsʌf.ɪk/
Etymology: From Middle English Suffolk, from Old English Sūþfolc, a compound of sūþ (“south”) + folc (“folk”).
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: East Anglia
text: Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.
ref: 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian:
related: word: Norfolk
glosses: A maritime county in the east of England, bordered by Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North Sea.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Andersonstown, West Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J2870).
glosses: An independent city in Virginia, United States, formerly in Nansemond County, Virginia.
glosses: Suffolk County.
Coordinate terms: Norfolk
named as a pair with Suffolk
Derived terms: East Suffolk
Mid Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk County
Suffolk Punch
West Suffolk
Surrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɝɹi/
rhymes: -ʌɹi
Etymology: From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
Senses: glosses: An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
glosses: The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
glosses: A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
glosses: A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
Derived terms: Surrey Heath
Surrey Hills
Related terms: Surry
Sussex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌs.ɪks/
Forms: form: Sussexes
Etymology: Inherited from Old English Sūþseaxan (literally “South Saxons”), which stood for both Sussex and its people.
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after Sussex, New Jersey. The civil parish is named after the town.
Senses: glosses: A placename.
A former county of south-east England, England, United Kingdom, now divided into East and West Sussex), then bordered by Surrey, Kent, Hampshire and the English Channel.
synonyms: Sussexshire
examples: text: Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices.
ref: 2017 October 10, Vanessa Potter, “My sudden synesthesia: how I went blind and started hearing colors”, in CNN:
glosses: A placename.
Ellipsis of University of Sussex.
glosses: A placename.
A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A placename.
A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A placename.
Ellipsis of Sussex Drive and Sussex Street: a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on which the residence of the Prime Minister of Canada and the Governor General of Canada are located.
glosses: A placename.
A borough of New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Sussex County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A village in Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: 1 Sussex Drive
1 Sussex Street
24 Sussex Drive
24 Sussex Street
County of Sussex
Duchess of Sussex
Duke of Sussex
East Sussex
Mid Sussex
Shire of Sussex
Sussex County
Sussex Drive
Sussex Dukedom
Sussex marble
Sussexshire
Sussex Street
West Sussex
Related terms: Essex
Middlesex
Wessex