Definitions for Derbyshire
ˈdɜr biˌʃɪər, -ʃər; Brit. ˈdɑr-der·byshire

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1. Derbyshirenoun

   A midland county of England bounded by Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

2. Etymology: derby + shire

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1. Derbyshire

   Derbyshire ( DAR-bee-sheer, -⁠shər, -⁠ih) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county is the westernmost in the East Midlands. It covers much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It is bordered by Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west, and Cheshire to the west. The county’s largest settlement and only city, Derby, is now administered as a unitary authority. The rest of Derbyshire remains in the Derbyshire County Council local authority area. Derbyshire was historically larger, once extending to cover some southern suburbs of Sheffield such as Mosborough, Owlthorpe, Jordanthorpe, Totley, Dore and Abbeydale.Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft), is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at 27 m (89 ft).: 1  The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at 66 mi (106 km). In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea.

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1. Derbyshire

   Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills extends into the north of the county. The county contains within its boundary of approximately 225 miles part of the National Forest. It borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire also to the west. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts farm, near Coton in the Elms, as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain. The city of Derby is now a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. The non-metropolitan county contains 30 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. There is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area.

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1. Derbyshire

   a northern midland county of England, hilly in the N., undulating and pastoral in the S., and with coal-fields in the E.; abounds in minerals, and is more a manufacturing and mining county than an agricultural.

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1. DERBYSHIRE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Derbyshire is ranked #27581 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Derbyshire surname appeared 873 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Derbyshire.
   
   91.5% or 799 total occurrences were White.
   6.8% or 60 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce Derbyshire?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Derbyshire in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Derbyshire in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Derbyshire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Derbyshire in a Sentence

1. ☆tanya☆◇♡¤¿:

   the meaning of life To Educate, Conquest, Create With love by miss tanya guirdham, 1 field court, Handley Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, s43 2eg

2. Tanya guirdham:

   the meaning of life To Educate, Conquest, Create With love by miss tanya guirdham, 1 field court, Handley Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, s43 2eg

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Derbyshire
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Derbyshire
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Derbyshire
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html