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East Riding

East Riding is the ellipsis of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Meaning of East Riding of Yorkshire

Proper noun

East Riding of Yorkshire

  1. A unitary authority and ceremonial county in the north east of England.
  2. A historical division of the former county or Yorkshire England.

Questions about East Riding

What is East Riding the ellipsis of?
East Riding is the ellipsis of East Riding of Yorkshire.

Words near East Riding in the dictionary

  1. East Region
  2. East Renfrewshire
  3. East Retford
  4. East Richmond Heights
  5. East Ridgley
  6. East Riding
  7. East Riding of Yorkshire
  8. East River
  9. East Rochester
  10. East Rockaway
  11. East Rockingham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: East Riding (page history and authors); East Riding of Yorkshire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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