Leicester
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Etymology
From Middle English Ledecestre, from Old English Ligoraċeaster, from Old English Ligore (“the name of a people living by the River Soar”) + ċeaster (“settlement”). The river name is thought to be of Brythonic/Celtic origin and possibly from the same source as the river Loire.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Leicester
- A city and unitary authority in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
- A town in Massachusetts, United States.
- An English earldom.
- A surname.
Related terms
Translations
city in England
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Noun
Leicester (plural Leicesters)
References
- The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. LEICESTER, LEIRE.
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