Gloucester
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gloucester in British English:
UK [ˈɡlɔstə]
How to pronounce Gloucester in American English:
US [ˈɡlɑstɚ, ˈɡlɔstɚ]
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- Noun:
- a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries
- a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
Word Origin
- Gloucester
- English county, Old English Gleawceaster, from Latin Coloniae Glev (2c.), from Glevo, a Celtic name meaning "bright place" (perhaps influenced by Old English gleaw "wise, prudent") + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester). In reference to a type of cheese by 1802.
Example
- 1. 5 / 14 Gloucester , uk : cars are stacked for dismantling and recycling
- 2. Every year , on the spring bank holiday , a round of cheese is rolled down cooper 's hill in gloucester , england .
- 3. As maurice critchley strolls around his company 's sprawling factory in the english cathedral city of gloucester , he pauses to talk with some of the production workers , remembering their names with ease .
- 4. Severn glocon 's india plant now employs almost half of the company 's 800 or so worldwide staff , with most of the rest based in the uk , either in gloucester or in smaller plants and service centres .
- 5. At least cumberland had the decency to stick by his bride : his elder brother , prince william of gloucester , also ran off with a commoner before abandoning her for someone equally surplus to requirements .