York ‧ shire /ˈjɔːkʃəʳ $ ˈjɔːrk-/ BrE AmE
an area and former ↑ county in northeast England, now divided into North, East, South, and West Yorkshire. Yorkshire is partly very industrial, with large cities such as Leeds, Sheffield, and Bradford, and (formerly) many coal mines. It also has large areas of beautiful, wild countryside, including the ↑ North York Moors and the ↑ Dales . People from Yorkshire are usually very proud of their county, and they are thought to always say what they think in a plain, direct way ⇨ ↑ riding