Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire

/ˈbɛd.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/ UK

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From Middle English Bedefordschire, from Old English Bedanfordsċīr, equivalent to Bedford + shire.

proper noun Beds

A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
UK, slang Bed. I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five.

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@misc{bedfordshire_2026,
  title = {Bedfordshire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bedfordshire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}