Yorkshirenoun
/ˈjɔːk.ʃər//ˈjɔːrk.ʃɚ/an area of northern England that includes the counties (= areas with their own local government) of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire:
He was born in Bramhope, near Leeds in Yorkshire.
Hockney loved to paint his native Yorkshire countryside.
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- His dad was a farmer in Yorkshire.
- The pub serves seven beers including Tetleys from Yorkshire and Guinness from Ireland.
- The Australian team played Britain in the Yorkshire town of Ilkley.
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- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- AK
- AL
- Alderney
- English Canadian
- Fife
- FL
- Flintshire
- Florida
- NC
- nd
- New England
- New Englander
- New Hampshire
- the Middle West
- the Midlands
- the Midwest
- the Sunbelt
- the West Coast
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