Gloucestershire
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡlɒstəʃɪə/
- In Gloucestershire, you can find charming historic towns and stunning rural landscapes.
Examples
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Edward Jenner, the father of immunisation, was a doctor from Gloucestershire.
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The Cotswolds is an area that is typically English; it is situated in the counties of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but also touches a few others.
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This is his home in Berkeley, in Gloucestershire in the West of England.
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Oh, you mean Lord Crampton, in Gloucestershire.
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Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, England, all of it the poet's home.
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Experience: Qualified as a social worker in 1992 and has worked her way up through the ranks at Gloucestershire, becoming head of service in April 2006.
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Jenner was born in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, western England, on 17 May 1749 (Baron 1827).
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The first riding lawn mower was created and used in 1827 in Thrups, just outside of Stroud in Gloucestershire.
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Barnsley House is located in the beautiful county of Gloucestershire, known for its rolling hills.
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Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was born in Gloucestershire, a picturesque region in England.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Gloucestershire = Gloucester (transparent) = Gloucester + shire
Formed by adding the productive suffix '-shire' to the place name 'Gloucester' to denote the county of that place.
Etymology
Gloucestershire comes from the town name Gloucester plus -shire, which means 'county'. The Gloucester part includes -chester, from a word for 'camp' or 'fort', as in Manchester and Winchester, so the name points to a town with an old fort. So, Gloucestershire literally means 'the county of Gloucester'.