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Devonshire

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; Former name of Devon (“English county”) (until 1974). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; An English dukedom and earldom. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname. countable

Etymology

From Old English Defenasċīr, equivalent to Devon + -shire.

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