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Gloucestershire
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English
200px|right|Gloucestershire within England
Etymology
From en enm Gloucestreschire; equivalent to en Gloucester -shire.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡlɒstəʃə/ /ˈɡlɒstəʃɪə/ RP
en /ˈɡlɔstəʃə/ SSBE
en /ˈɡlɔstəɹʃəɹ/ West Country
en en-uk-Gloucestershire.ogg Gloucestershire [ˈɡlɔstəʃɐ]
en /ˈɡlɑstəʃɚ/ /ˈɡlɑstɚʃaɪɹ/ GA,Atlantic Canada rare, glästʹərshīr
Proper noun
Glos
A south western county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
en 2017-07-29 Solved, the riddle of starlings' aerial ballet: Birds use acrobatics to ward off creatures of prey w:Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4741376/Solved-riddle-starlings-aerial-ballet.html Professor Anne Goodenough, an applied ecologist at the University of Gloucestershire who led the research, said: ‘It appears murmuration has become the norm – a general way for the starlings to stay safe from predators.’ https://web.archive.org/web/20260518150116/https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-4741376/Solved-riddle-starlings-aerial-ballet.html
Derived terms
en South Gloucestershire
Descendants
fr Gloucestershire
Translations
French: fr Gloucestershire
Polish: pl Gloucestershire n
Welsh: cy Swydd Gaerloyw f
en Counties of England