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Wiltshire

[wilt-sheer, -sher]

noun

  1. Also Wilts a county in S England. 1,345 sq. mi. (3,485 sq. km). Salisbury.

  2. one of an English breed of white sheep having long, spiral horns.

  3. Also called Wiltshire cheese.a cylindrical, semihard cheese, moister and flakier than cheddar.



Wiltshire

/ -ˌʃɪə, ˈwɪltʃə /

noun

  1. a county of S England, consisting mainly of chalk uplands, with Salisbury Plain in the south and the Marlborough Downs in the north; prehistoric remains (at Stonehenge and Avebury); became a unitary authority in 2009: the geographical and ceremonial county includes Swindon unitary authority (established in 1997). Administrative centre: Trowbridge. Pop (excluding Swindon): 440 800 (2003 est). Area (excluding Swindon): 3481 sq km (1344 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Det Supt Joe Garrity, of Wiltshire Police, said it was a "miracle" there were no fatalities, adding much of that was down to the response of the couple.

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Wiltshire Police said five adults and four children aged from 18 months to seven years old ended up in the water.

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Wiltshire Police were called in July 2023 when a customer at the supermarket in Swindon reported being filmed while in the men's toilets.

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Healey made the announcement on a visit to the MoD's cyber headquarters in Corsham, Wiltshire.

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In the heart of north Wiltshire, I bump down another farm track, past a pond and a field of a dozen young brown calves.

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