Gloucestershire
a county in SW England. 1,255 sq. mi. (2,640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- Also called Gloucester.
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How to use Gloucestershire in a sentence
Hollinghurst, a novelist, was born in Stroud in Gloucestershire, England in 1954.
The match took place on the final day of the Gloucestershire Festival of Polo, at the Beaufort Polo Club.
The Gloucestershire countryside, where he finds himself through a variety of funny circumstances, is familiar.
The diocese includes parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and a small but populous Cathedral.
The Gloucestershire visit was probably to the Fowles at Elkstone.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
The vineyards of Gloucestershire used formerly to be famous.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] | H. J. L. J. MassAmong the English Vineyards those of Gloucestershire stood pre-eminent.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeBorn in Gloucestershire , he served as ship's apprentice when eleven years of age.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX | Joel Palmer
British Dictionary definitions for Gloucestershire
/ (ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /
a county of SW England, situated around the lower Severn valley: contains the Forest of Dean and the main part of the Cotswold Hills: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire (part of Avon county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Gloucester. Pop (excluding South Gloucestershire): 568 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding South Gloucestershire): 2643 sq km (1020 sq miles): Abbreviation: Glos
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