North Yorkshire

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noun

a county in NE England. 3,208 sq. mi. (8,309 sq. km).

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Words nearby North Yorkshire

Northwest Territory, northwestward, northwestwards, Northwich, North Yemen, North Yorkshire, Norton, Norton Shores, Norton Sound, nortriptyline, Norw.

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How to use North Yorkshire in a sentence

In the 4th century AD, a Roman priestess was found in North Yorkshire.
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He served as an associate dean of undergraduate architecture studies, director of the architecture design studio and resident director of the study abroad program at the Maryland Study Centre at Kiplin Hall in North Yorkshire, England.
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According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
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They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
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The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
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Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
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There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.
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Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
This road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
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From Canada on the north, to Texas on the south, the hot winds had laid the land seemingly bare.
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British Dictionary definitions for North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

noun

a county in N England, formed in 1974 from most of the North Riding of Yorkshire and parts of the East and West Ridings: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and part of Stockton on Tees (all within Cleveland until 1996), and York (created in 1997). Administrative centre: Northallerton. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 576 100 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 8037 sq km (3102 sq miles)

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