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Cotswolds

American  
[kots-wohldz, -wuhldz] / ˈkɒts woʊldz, -wəldz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a range of hills in SW England, in Gloucestershire.


Cotswolds British  
/ -wəldz, ˈkɒtsˌwəʊldz /

plural noun

  1. a range of low hills in SW England, mainly in Gloucestershire: formerly a centre of the wool industry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Britta Stephan, support services manager at South Cotswolds Foodbank, said there should not be any stigma around using a foodbank as hardship can hit anyone.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

That good Father, a Catholic priest blessing the Cotswolds, comes from a series of stories G.K.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026

Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

On a freezing November evening in the Cotswolds, Danny Dyer is calling on more than 30 years' experience as an actor to prepare himself to cope with the night of filming ahead.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

It has borne us from the Cotswolds to London; while to properly describe the great city would take volumes in itself.

From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel

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