"Leicestershire" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈlɛs.tə(ɹ).ʃə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Leicestershire.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Old English Lægrecastrescir. The middle and last element are ceaster (“town, city”) and scir (“district”), common in placenames. The first element is probably from the former name of the river Soar, *Ligora, *Ligera, of Celtic/Brythonic origin, from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“sediment”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), similar to the French river Loire. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|Lægrecastrescir}} Old English Lægrecastrescir, {{m|ang|ceaster|t=town, city}} ceaster (“town, city”), {{m|ang|scir|t=district}} scir (“district”), {{m|en|Soar}} Soar, {{m|en|*Ligora}} *Ligora, {{m|en|*Ligera}} *Ligera, {{der|en|cel|-}} Celtic, {{der|en|cel-bry|-}} Brythonic, {{der|en|cel-pro|*legyā|t=sediment}} Proto-Celtic *legyā (“sediment”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-|t=to lie}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), {{m|en|Loire}} Loire Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Leicestershire
  1. An inland county of England bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire. Wikipedia link: Leicestershire Categories (place): Counties of England Derived forms: Leicestershire cheese, North West Leicestershire
    Sense id: en-Leicestershire-en-name-Tqm92Tjx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup

Alternative forms

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