Wiltshire

English

Location of Wiltshire within England

Alternative forms

• (surname): Willshaw

Etymology

From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪltʃə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Wiltshire

1. An inland county of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Berkshire.
   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

     Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

2. A unitary authority in England which includes all of the traditional county except Swindon, a separate unitary authority.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Translations

inland county in England

• Gujarati: વિલ્છિર (vilchir)
• Hindi: विल्छिर (vilchir)
• Kannada: ವೀಲ್ಛಿರ್ (vīlchir)
• Middle English: Wilteschire
• Polish: Wiltshire (pl) m
• Portuguese: Wiltshire
• Romanian: Wiltshire
• Russian: Уилтшир (ru) (Uiltšir)
• Scots: Wiltshire
• Spanish: Wiltshire m
• Telugu: వీల్ఛిర్ (vīlchir)
• Ukrainian: Вілтшир m (Viltšyr)

See also

• (surnames) Wilshire, Willshire

Adjective

Wiltshire (not comparable)

1. Prepared using the Wiltshire cure technique.

   Wiltshire bacon; Wiltshire ham; a Wiltshire side

Related terms

• Wiltshire cure

References

• Wiltshire Council - Wiltshire Community History

Anagrams

• whirliest

Middle English

Proper noun

Wiltshire

1. Alternative form of Wilteschire

Portuguese

Proper noun

Wiltshire

1. Wiltshire (a county of England)