Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire

/ˈɡlɒstəʃə/ UK
/ˈɡlɒstəʃɪə/ UK
/ˈɡlɔstəʃə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɡlɔstəɹʃəɹ/ West Country
/ˈɡlɑstəʃɚ/ Atlantic Canada, US
/ˈɡlɑstɚʃaɪɹ/ Atlantic Canada, US, rare

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Glos

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.’

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hampshire, scotland, scotia, gloucs., glocestershire, somerset, gloucester, worcestershire, monmouthshire, warwickshire, oxfordshire, bristol, wiltshire, glamorgan, gloster, herefordshire

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"Gloucestershire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gloucestershire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Gloucestershire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gloucestershire

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"Gloucestershire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gloucestershire.

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@misc{gloucestershire_2026,
  title = {Gloucestershire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gloucestershire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}