Cambridgeshire

[ keym-brij-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a county in E England. 1,316 sq. mi. (3,410 sq. km).

Cambridgeshire

/ -ʃə; ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A Cambridgeshire market town which became the centre of a global news story about its wonky Christmas tree last year has had this year's delivered – and it is a wonky one again.

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The DfT says say Leicester, the Isle of Wight, Torbay, Southend, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are set to receive "unprecedented" levels of funding.

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Ely diocese was advised to contact police in Hampshire, where most of the alleged offences took place, and was told an intelligence report had been sent by Cambridgeshire Police to colleagues in Hampshire, although the Makin review found no record.

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A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police told the BBC: "With the limited information available at the time, and the victims' not wishing to make a complaint, it was not possible for us to pursue an investigation."

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Some details were passed to Cambridgeshire police relating to the case and that of another alleged victim.

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