Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Yorkshire
yonderyou (you'd, you'll, you're, you've)
Yorkshire, proper n. [“York” < OE < L. Eboracum + wic, dwelling + “shire” < Old Germanic root ski, to shine.]
County in England; province of York; capital city of northern England (see ED letters); [fig.] highland; rolling; beautiful; inspiring.
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