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West Riding

American  
[rahy-ding] / ˈraɪ dɪŋ /

noun

  1. a former administrative division of Yorkshire, England.


West Riding British  

noun

  1. (until 1974) an administrative division of Yorkshire, now part of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and Lancashire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr Waheed wrote to him in January and decided to share his response, which was sent last month, as he was unhappy with West Riding FA's investigation process.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023

They build a house for themselves by a copse in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but they do not own the site and, inevitably, the landowners, a quasi-feudal oligarchy, begin to circle.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2017

Born in the West Riding in 1938 and educated by Jesuits in Leeds, he graduated from Durham University before leaving the country to teach in France for a number of years.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016

Her love of landscape came from drives around West Riding with her father in the course of his work as county surveyor.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2015

She felt almost frozen when she at last reached West Riding, but she did not stop at Quinn House even though her teeth chattered from the cold.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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