Gloucester

Meanings

Proper Noun

• city/and/local government district Gloucestershire (county) England (constituent country), on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
• city Massachusetts (state).
• town New South Wales (state) Australia (country).
• census-designated place North Carolina (state).

Noun

• A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire.

Origin

• From Latin Glēvum + Old English ċeaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.