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Leicester
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English
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Etymology
en cel-bry cel
From en enm Ledecestre, from en ang Ligoraċeaster.The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. LEICESTER, LEIRE.
Pronunciation
en En-uk-Leicester.ogg UK
en /ˈlɛstə/ RP
en En-us-Leicester.oga US
lĕsʹtər US, en /ˈlɛstɚ/
en ɛstə(ɹ) 2
en Lester
Proper noun
en city/unitary authority/and/borough in and the county town of co/Leicestershire cc/England. Borough (city) map (Leicestershire)
en locality co/Big Lakes County p/Alberta c/Canada.
en place c/USA:
en town co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts. TopoZone: Leicester, Massachusetts
en twp co/Clay County s/Nebraska.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Livingston County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Buncombe County s/North Carolina.
en town co/Addison County s/Vermont.
en coastal town in Western Area Rural District, c/Sierra Leone.
en islet c/Cook Islands.
An English earldom.
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Related terms
en Border Leicester Leicestershire Leicestrian Red Leicester
Translations
city in England
Armenian: hy Լեստեր
Bengali: bn লেস্টের
Bulgarian: bg Ле́стър m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 萊斯特 Láisītè
French:
Old French: fro Lecestre
Georgian: ka ლესტერი
Greek: el Λέστερ
Gujarati: gu લેસ્ટર
Hindi: hi लेस्टर
Japanese: ja レスター Resutā
Kannada: kn ಲೆಸ್ಟರ್
Korean: ko ^레스터
Lao: lo ເລສເຕີ
Latin: la Ratae
Latvian: lv Lestera f
Lithuanian: lt Lesteris m
Macedonian: mk Лестер m
Marathi: mr लेस्टर n
Persian: fa لستر lester
Russian: ru Ле́стер m Léstɛr
Sinhalese: si ලෙස්ටර්
Tamil: ta லெஸ்டர்
Telugu: te లెస్టర్
Thai: th เลสเตอร์
Ukrainian: uk Ле́стер m
Urdu: ur لَیسٹر laisṭar m
Welsh: cy Caerlŷr f
Noun
A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.
en 1869 Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases 328 The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.
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