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Oxfordshire

//ˈɑks.fɚd.ʃɚ// name

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  1. 1
    A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.

    "Oxfordshire County Council said it would not implement any more LTNs without consulting residents. […] Cabinet members of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Coalition, which took over the council in May, issued a statement saying they would hold a "non-statutory consultation so that we can listen and devise something that works for everyone"."

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenfordschire, from late Old English Oxenafordsċīr; equivalent to Oxford + -shire.

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