Gloucester

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Glēvum + Old English ceaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒstə/
  • (US) enPR: gläsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑstɚ/
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Proper noun

Gloucester

  1. A city and local government district in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
  2. A city in Massachusetts.
  3. A town in New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A census-designated place in North Carolina.

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Noun

Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural Gloucesters)

  1. A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire.

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References

  • 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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