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West Riding

West Riding is the ellipsis of West Riding of Yorkshire.

Meaning of West Riding of Yorkshire

Proper noun

West Riding of Yorkshire

  1. A local government district and ceremonial county in the north east of England.
  2. A historical division of Yorkshire.

Questions about West Riding

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

Words near West Riding in the dictionary

  1. West Rainton and Leamside
  2. West Rancho Dominguez
  3. West Redding
  4. West Region
  5. West Ridgley
  6. West Riding
  7. West Riding of Yorkshire
  8. West River
  9. West Rockport
  10. West Roxbury
  11. West Ruislip

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