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 (UK) (file)

Proper noun

Yorkshire

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.

Synonyms

(dialect): Tyke

Hypernyms

Yorkshire and the Humber (one of the nine official regions of England)

Derived terms

Terms derived from Yorkshire

come Yorkshire over
West Riding of Yorkshire
Yorks
Yorkshire Dales
Yorkshire fog
Yorkshireman
Yorkshire pudding
Yorkshire terrier
Yorkshirewoman

Translations

former large county

Amharic: ዮርክሻየር (Yorkshayer)
Arabic: يُورْكْشَايْر‎ m (yurkšayr)
Bengali: ইয়র্ক্শির (iyôrkśir)
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 (yɔrkśir)
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

Noun

Yorkshire (plural Yorkshires)

(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

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

Yorkshire (a county of England)

Noun

Yorkshire m or f by sense (plural Yorkshires)

Alternative letter-case form of yorkshire

Spanish

Proper noun

Yorkshire m

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)