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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire proper noun: a metropolitan county in northern England bordering Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

Proper noun

West Yorkshire

  1. A metropolitan county in northern England bordering Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
  2. (archaic) West Riding of Yorkshire

Questions about West Yorkshire

What does West Yorkshire mean?
West Yorkshire means a metropolitan county in northern England bordering Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
What part of speech is West Yorkshire?
West Yorkshire is a proper noun.

Words near West Yorkshire in the dictionary

  1. West Woodhay
  2. West Worthing
  3. West Wyalong
  4. West Wycombe
  5. West Yarmouth
  6. West Yorkshire
  7. West-centrism
  8. West-Flanders
  9. West-Indiaman
  10. west-north-west
  11. west-northwest

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