Oxfordshire

[ oks-ferd-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a county in S England. 1,008 sq. mi. (2,610 sq. km).

Oxfordshire

/ -ʃə; ˈɒksfədˌʃɪə /

noun

1. an inland county of S central England: situated mostly in the basin of the Upper Thames, with the Cotswolds in the west and the Chilterns in the southeast. Administrative centre: Oxford. Pop: 615 200 (2003 est). Area: 2608 sq km (1007 sq miles) Oxon

Example Sentences

The BBC reported in October that an auction house in Oxfordshire had been forced to withdraw human and ancestral remains from a sale following criticism from native groups and museums.

From BBC

Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Graham said Mr Rogers had been "ostracised" in the preceding days after a woman expressed discomfort about a sexual encounter between the pair.

From BBC

The 22-year-old from Oxfordshire first caught the attention of Sir Tom Jones during the blind auditions with a cover of Selena Gomez's Lose You To Love Me and made it all the way to the semi-finals.

From BBC

Briatore has since appointed Briton Oliver Oakes as team principal and told Sky Sports Italia recently that the workforce at the UK base in Enstone, Oxfordshire, had shrunk by 300 people, from 1,150 to 850.

From BBC

He was a pupil at the Mulberry Bush School in Standlake, Oxfordshire, more than a decade ago but the claim was decided at the High Court on Friday.

From BBC