Sheffield
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sheffield in British English:
UK [ˈʃefi:ld]
How to pronounce Sheffield in American English:
US [ˈʃɛfˌild]
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- Noun:
- a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
Word Origin
- Sheffield
- manufacturing city in Yorkshire, noted for cutlery and metalwork since at least 14c. The name is from late Old English Scafeld "Open Land by the River Sheaf," an Old English river name, perhaps from sceað "boundary."
Example
- 1. Research undertaken by sheffield hallam university predicts the hosts will win 46 gold medals in the chinese capital .
- 2. But many shipping firms are not bothered by such niceties , says nicky gregson , a geographer at sheffield university .
- 3. The loan to sheffield forgemasters , which wanted to break into the market for the very heaviest components for nuclear-power plants , has been cancelled .
- 4. In yorkshire , properties in bradford and sheffield are more affordable to rent than in the rural areas of ryedale and richmondshire .
- 5. Prof johnson , who grew up in sheffield , england his mother was a nurse , and his father ran a screw manufacturing business was interested in economics from a young age .