Cambridgeshire

[keym-brij-sheer, -sher]

noun

a county in E England. 1316 sq. mi. (3410 sq. km).

Also called Cambridge.

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Examples from the Web for cambridgeshire

Contemporary Examples of cambridgeshire

The rest of the family arrived in Britain a year later and they settled in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Body at Queen’s Sandringham Estate Identified as Alisa Dmitrijeva
Charlotte Edwardes
January 9, 2012
Papworth Hospital, a cardiac specialty facility in Cambridgeshire, said the procedure was carried out “successfully.”
Prince Philip Hospitalized: Doctors Report Success in Clearing Blocked Artery
Tom Sykes
December 24, 2011

Historical Examples of cambridgeshire

She was the best creature in the world; but Cambridgeshire was not a pleasant county.
The Young Duke
Benjamin Disraeli
Skates are still called pattens by the fenmen of Cambridgeshire.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
Ernest Weekley
This man—that is, the leader of the band—hails we believe from Cambridgeshire.
Sinks of London Laid Open
Unknown
But I tried her pretty high the other day; and she's in the Cambridgeshire.
Loyalties (Fifth Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
Other centres in 1665 were in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)
Charles Creighton

British Dictionary definitions for cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

noun

a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)

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