warwickshire

warwickshire
adjective or warwick \\ˈwȯr]ikˌshi(ə)r, ˈwär], -]ēk-, -shiə, -_shə(r), US also ˈwȯ(r)w]\
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Warwickshire, Warwick, county of central England
: of or from the county of Warwick, England : of the kind or style prevalent in Warwick

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/wawr"ik shear', -sheuhr, wor'-/, n.
a county in central England. 471,800; 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km). Also called Warwick.

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Warwickshire [Warwickshire] (written abbr Warks)
a county in central England, with the town of ↑Warwick as its administrative centre. It was reduced in size when part of it, including the city of ↑Coventry, became part of the ↑West Midlands, one of the metropolitan counties created in 1974. ↑Stratford-upon-Avon is in Warwickshire.

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