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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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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

The nature recovery zones include the Windrush Valley in the Cotswolds, the Central Forest in the Forest of Dean and the Stroud Commons.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

The couple inherited a large Cotswolds estate—with little income to sustain it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

There are still plenty of American things Scots wouldn’t be caught dead doing, Johnston said, including overdoing the Cotswolds fashion, calling daytime parties “darties” and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day harder than the Irish do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

On the whole, yes—until at last I went down to stay with a friend at a gorgeous place in the Cotswolds.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

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