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Cheshire en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtʃɛʃəɪr/
• /ˈtʃɛʃər/
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Cheschire, late form of Chestreschire, from Old English Ċeastersċīr, from Ceaster (“Chester”, from ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”)) + scīr (“district, shire”).

Meanings

1. A northwestern county of England, bordered by the Rivers Mersey and Dee, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.
2. A place in the United States: ▸ A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.
3. A place in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
4. A place in the United States: ▸ A township in Allegan County, Michigan.
5. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Ohio.
6. A place in the United States: ▸ A township and village therein, in Gallia County, Ohio.
7. A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon.

Forms

Deriveds

Cheshire West and Chester · Cheshire cat · Cheshire cheese · Cheshire moon · Cheshire East · Cheshire County

Translations (6)

ka ჩეშირი (Translations) · fr Cheshire (Translations) · enm Chestreschire (Translations) · cy Swydd Gaer (Translations) · ru Че́шир (Translations) · ang Ċeastersċīr (Translations)