Nottinghamshire

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UK/ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/

proper noun

A north-midland county of England bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A north-midland county of England bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
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    "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn." "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"

    1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC

Origin

From Nottingham + -shire.

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APA

Nottinghamshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nottinghamshire

MLA

“Nottinghamshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nottinghamshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nottinghamshire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nottinghamshire.

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