CIRENCESTER

Meaning of CIRENCESTER in English

Cirencester BrE AmE ˈsaɪ ə r ə n ˌsest ə AmE \ - ə r —formerly, and occasionally still, ˈsɪs ɪt ə ‖ -ət̬ ə r

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CIRENCESTER — County: Gloucestershire Post Code: GL7
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CIRENCESTER — town (parish), Cotswold district, administrative and historic county of Gloucestershire, England, on the River Churn. Cirencester occupies the site of …
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES — the sciences dealing with farm production, including soil cultivation, water control, crop growing and harvesting, animal husbandry, the processing of …
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WESSEX — one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent …
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THAMES, RIVER — Boats on the River Thames, London, including a vessel (The Eell Schipes) hauling up a ancient Tamesis or Tamesa, also …
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SURREY, THOMAS HOLLAND, DUKE OF, 3RD EARL OF KENT — born 1374 died Jan. 7/8, 1400, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eng. also called Thomas De Holand, prominent English noble in the reign …
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STAPLEDON, SIR (REGINALD) GEORGE — born Sept. 22, 1882, Northam, Devon, Eng. died Sept. 16, 1960, Bath, Somerset British agriculturalist and pioneer in the development …
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PENDA — died Nov. 15, 654 Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from about 632 until 654, who made Mercia one of the most …
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NECKAM, ALEXANDER — born Sept. 8, 1157, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng. died , early 1217, Kempsey, Worcestershire English schoolman and scientist, who was …
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HEMERY, DAVID (PETER) — born July 18, 1944, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eng. English hurdler who held the 400-metre-hurdles world record of 48.1 sec (1968-72). In …
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE — administrative, geographic, and historic county of southwestern England. It lies at the head of the River Severn estuary on the …
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FOSSE WAY — major Roman road that traversed Britain from southwest to northeast. It ran from the mouth of the River Axe in …
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ERMINE STREET — major Roman road in England between London and York. It ran north from Bishopsgate, London, through Ware, Royston, Godmanchester, and …
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DOBUNI — also spelled Dobunni, an ancient British tribe centred on the confluence of the Severn and Avon rivers. The Dobuni, who …
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DAVIES, PETER MAXWELL — born Sept. 8, 1934, Manchester, Eng. English composer, conductor, and teacher whose powerfully innovative music made him the most influential …
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CYNEGILS — died 643 king of the West Saxons, or Wessex (611643), in England and the first to be converted to Christianity. …
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CRICKLADE — town (parish), North Wiltshire district, administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, England. Cricklade lies at the head of navigation of …
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COTSWOLD — district, administrative county of Gloucestershire, south-central England, in the eastern part of the county. Most of the district lies within …
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CEAWLIN — died 593 king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, from 560 to 592, who drove the Britons from most of …
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BROOKE RAJ — (18411946), dynasty of British rajas that ruled Sarawak (now a state in Malaysia) on the island of Borneo for a …
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BATHURST (OF BATHURST), HENRY BATHURST, 3RD EARL, ... — born May 22, 1762 died July 27, 1834, London, Eng. British statesman, elder son of the 2nd Earl Bathurst, who …
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BATHURST (OF BATHURST), HENRY BATHURST, 2ND EARL, ... — born May 20, 1714, , Westminster, London, Eng. died Aug. 6, 1794, Oakley Grove, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Eng. statesman, eldest …
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BATHURST (OF BATHURST), ALLEN BATHURST, 1ST EARL, ... — born Nov. 16, 1684, Westminster, London, Eng. died Sept. 16, 1775, Cirencester, Gloucestershire British statesman and Tory politician. Educated at …
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BATH — I. bath 1 S2 W3 /bɑːθ $ bæθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural baths /bɑːðz, bɑːθs $ bæðz, bæθs/) [countable] …
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WEIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a weight problem (= the problem of being too fat ) ▪ Patients with …
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TROUT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES salmon/trout/bass etc fishing COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE brown ▪ The first two are good …
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TRIAL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a case comes/goes to trial ▪ By the time her case went to trial, her …
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TERTIARY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES tertiary education COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN care ▪ A possible future is that regions …
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MILL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cotton mill (= factory where cotton is made into thread or cloth ) …
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