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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

3.3
A county in northern England that includes Leeds and Bradford
  • proper noun
translation icon : West Yorkshire
  • Many large companies have their headquarters in West Yorkshire.

Examples

  • The weather in West Yorkshire can be quite unpredictable, especially in the winter.

  • We visited several museums during our trip to West Yorkshire.

  • I visited West Yorkshire last summer.

  • Have you ever been to West Yorkshire?

  • Many large companies have their headquarters in West Yorkshire.

  • The weather in West Yorkshire can be quite unpredictable, especially in the winter.

  • We visited several museums during our trip to West Yorkshire.

Surface Forms

West Yorkshire main

Morphology

West + Yorkshire

This is a straightforward toponym formed by the directional element 'West' plus the place name 'Yorkshire'; a B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer it refers to the western part/administrative area of Yorkshire. Such direction+place compounds are compositional and cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

West Yorkshire gets its name from the larger area Yorkshire. The part York comes from the Viking name 'Jórvík', shire is an old word for 'county', and West shows it is the western part, so the name means the western 'county' around York in northern England.