Gloucestershire

American  

[glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster-] / ˈglɒs tərˌʃɪər, -ʃər, ˈglɔ stər- /

noun

1. a county in SW England. 1,255 sq. mi. (2,640 sq. km). Gloucester.

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Gloucestershire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə /

noun

1.  Glos.  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)

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Example Sentences

Crawley's hack to be bowled in the second innings against Gloucestershire suggested a break from red-ball cricket might be no bad thing.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

In Gloucestershire, McLaughlin said Sir David "set the standard" of what the wildlife trust should be doing when he opened its conservation centre at Robinswood Hill in 1992.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

James Holder, 54, went back to the woman's home after a night out in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 2022 and then fell asleep on her bed.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The Severn Vale Beaver Project, organised by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and Forestry England, is hoping to reintroduce beavers to more Forest of Dean locations after the first pair arrived in 2018.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

S. P. In the list of incumbents of Lydney, Gloucestershire, will be found the name of Help-on-high Foxe, who was presented to the living by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford in 1660.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.