Cotswolds

English

Etymology

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

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the Cotswolds

  1. A range of limestone hills in West-central England.
    • 2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life‎[1], archived from the original on 14 May 2025:
      Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
  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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