Meanings
- A range of limestone hills in West-central England.
Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025 - A region of South West and South East England with small parts extending into the West Midlands, characterised by the Cotswolds.
For his summer vacation, JD Vance chose to go to the Cotswolds.
2025 August 23, Janan Ganesh, “How English costs the English”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19Synonyms: Cotswold Hills
- The area of the Cotswold Hills AONB.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA region of South West and South East England with small parts extending into the West Midlands, characterised by the Cotswolds.
Origin
- Old EnglishCod
- Middle Englishwolde
- Englishwold
- EnglishCotswolds
From Old English Cod (personal name) + English -'s + wold (“wooded upland”) + -s.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Cotswolds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cotswolds
“Cotswolds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cotswolds. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cotswolds,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cotswolds.
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