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Somersetshire

American  
[suhm-er-set-sheer, -sher, -sit-] / ˈsʌm ər sɛtˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -sɪt- /

noun

  1. a county in SW England. 1,335 sq. mi. (3,455 sq. km).


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No movie that finds Dakota Johnson modeling high-waisted frocks against the Lyme Regis seawall or the lush Somersetshire countryside could be called a complete waste of time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2022

SAT-SUN Theatre, knightly combat, puppetry, crafts, archery, minstrels, craft demonstrations, scribe’s shop, period clothing shop with rentals, food in Somersetshire, England in 1376, noon-5 p.m.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2017

The Guardian reported: Yeovil Town, the Somersetshire Southern League club, were the heroes of the day in Saturday’s fourth-round Football Association Cup games.

From The Guardian Jan. 30, 2016

Lying invalid in his Somersetshire home of Burnham-on-Sea, George Viscount Cave, 72, felt his strength definitely impaired, last week, and executed in good time his resignation as Lord High Chancellor.

From Time Magazine Archive

I accede to what he has said of Twiverton; Devonshire was inadvertently written for Somersetshire.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 99, September 20, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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