Stratford-on-Avon

American  

[strat-ferd-on-ey-vuhn, -awn-, -ey-von] / ˈstræt fərd ɒnˈeɪ vən, -ɔn-, -ˈeɪ vɒn /

Also Stratford-upon-Avon

noun

1. a town in SW Warwickshire, in central England, on the Avon River: birthplace and burial place of Shakespeare.

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Stratford-on-Avon British  

/ ˈstrætfəd /

noun

1. a market town in central England, in SW Warwickshire on the River Avon: the birthplace and burial place of William Shakespeare and home of the Royal Shakespeare Company; tourist centre. Pop: 22 187 (2001)

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Stratford-on-Avon

Meanwhile, the sporting calendar was also hit with football matches postponed in Scotland and horse racing called off at Stratford-on-Avon and Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

Murph came knocking on my dressing room at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, in Stratford-on-Avon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Trained as a chemical engineer, he co-founded a highly successful market research firm, YouGov, before entering politics as a member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in central England.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

He was elected as Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon in May 2010 and has also served as a business minister.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022

They were used to the conception of the great age of "historical" spots, by which they meant cities in which great events have occurred—Paris, Rome, Stratford-on-Avon, Granada.

From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy