Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
- A neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, located to the west of Downtown.
Origin
Reduced variant of Wiltshire. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named for Wilshire Boulevard.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Wilshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilshire
MLA
“Wilshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wilshire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilshire.
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