Cotswolds

English

Etymology

From Old English Cod (personal name) +‎ -'s +‎ wold (wooded upland) +‎ -s.

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Proper noun

the Cotswolds

  1. A range of limestone hills in West-central England.
  2. A region of South West and South East England with small parts extending into the West Midlands, characterised by the Cotswolds.
    • 2025 August 23, Janan Ganesh, “How English costs the English”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
      For his summer vacation, JD Vance chose to go to the Cotswolds.
  3. The area of the Cotswold Hills AONB.

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