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North Riding

North Riding is the ellipsis of North Riding of Yorkshire.

Meaning of North Riding of Yorkshire

Proper noun

North Riding of Yorkshire

  1. A historical division of the former county of Yorkshire in England, abolished in 1974 in favor of the ceremonial county and local government district of North Yorkshire.

Questions about North Riding

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

Words near North Riding in the dictionary

  1. North Rhine-Westphalia
  2. North Rhine-Westphalian
  3. North Rhine-Westphalians
  4. North Richland Hills
  5. North Richmond
  6. North Riding
  7. North Riding of Yorkshire
  8. North River
  9. North Rocks
  10. North Rode
  11. North Rose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: North Riding (page history and authors); North 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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