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Devonshire

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛv^ənʃɪə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dev′ən shēr′, -shər)

Dev•on•shire (dev′ən shēr′, -shər),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesa county in SW England. 936,300;
2591 sq. mi. (6710 sq. km). Also called Devon.

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Devonshire /ˈdɛv^ənʃɪə; -ʃə/ n

8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)

'Devonshire' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Devon - Devonshire split - Hartington - split - cavendish - clotted cream - crackie - Dartmoor - Devonian - Devonshire cream - Exeter - Exmoor - Plymouth - Torbay

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