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Gloucestershire

/ˈɡlɒstəʃə/

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British/ˈɡlɔstəʃə/

Gloucestershire proper noun: a south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

gloucestershire: a south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire,...
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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

Gloucestershire meaning in Tamil

Gloucestershire in Tamil

இங்கிலாந்தின் ஒரு பகுதி

Forms of Gloucestershire

abbreviationGlos

Origin of Gloucestershire

From Middle English Gloucestreschire; equivalent to Gloucester + -shire.

Words formed from Gloucestershire

Questions about Gloucestershire

What does Gloucestershire mean?
Gloucestershire means a south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
What is Gloucestershire in Tamil?
Gloucestershire in Tamil is இங்கிலாந்தின் ஒரு பகுதி. See Gloucestershire meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Gloucestershire?
Gloucestershire is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Gloucestershire?
Gloucestershire is pronounced /ˈɡlɒstəʃə/ (UK).

Words near Gloucestershire in the dictionary

  1. Gloucester Courthouse
  2. Gloucester Hall
  3. Gloucester Old Spots
  4. Gloucester Tops
  5. Gloucesters
  6. Gloucestershire
  7. Glouchevitch
  8. Glouchevitchs
  9. Gloucs.
  10. Glounthaune
  11. glour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gloucestershire (page history and authors); gloucestershire (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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