Bedfordshire

American  

[bed-ferd-sheer, -sher] / ˈbɛd fərdˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in central England. 477 sq. mi. (1,235 sq. km).

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Bedfordshire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈbɛdfədˌʃɪə /

noun

1.  Beds.  a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The government will also examine proposals for a new settlement in Tempsford, Bedfordshire and a "renewed town" in Milton Keynes, which was part of a further generation of post-war new towns designated by the government in the 1960s.

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Meanwhile, Woburn in Bedfordshire reached 19.4C before tumbling to -1.6C.

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Two golf courses in England vying for the 2035 event are the London Golf Club in Sevenoaks, Kent, and Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire.

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The two had been friends at the Bedfordshire comprehensive they attended together.

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Ami Clarke, 28, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, started experiencing endometriosis symptoms aged 13 but was not diagnosed until a decade later.

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