how to pronounce yorkshire

/ˈjɔːɹkʃɚ/

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the above transcription of yorkshire is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

yorkshire is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of yorkshire in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to Yorkshire and it was in Ted Hughes he …”

meaning of yorkshire

Yorkshire is a county in England.

yorkshire frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word yorkshire occurs in english on average 4.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.