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Glocestershire

Glocestershire is the obsolete form of Gloucestershire.

Meaning of Gloucestershire

Proper noun

Gloucestershire (abbreviation Glos)

  1. A south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
    • Professor Anne Goodenough, an applied ecologist at the University of Gloucestershire who led the research, said: ‘It appears murmuration has become the norm – a general way for the starlings to stay safe from predators.’2017 July 29, “Solved, the riddle of starlings' aerial ballet: Birds use acrobatics to ward off creatures of prey”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 18 May 2026

Questions about Glocestershire

What is Glocestershire the obsolete form of?
Glocestershire is the obsolete form of Gloucestershire.

Words near Glocestershire in the dictionary

  1. glocalized
  2. glocalizes
  3. glocalizing
  4. glocally
  5. Glocester
  6. Glocestershire
  7. glochid
  8. glochideous
  9. glochidia
  10. glochidial
  11. glochidian

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