Gloucester

== English == === Alternative forms === Glocester, Gloster, Glos'ter (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English Glowchestre, from Old English Glēawċeaster, Glēaweċeaster, Glēawanċeaster, from Latin Glēvum + Old English ċeaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒs.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔs.tɚ/ (US, Canada) enPR: gläsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.stɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔs.tə/ === Proper noun === Gloucester A cathedral city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales. A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A city in Massachusetts. A township in Camden County, New Jersey. A census-designated place in North Carolina. A town in New South Wales, Australia. A royal dukedom. ==== Derived terms ==== Gloucester County Gloucester Courthouse Gloucester Tops ==== Related terms ==== Glocester ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural Gloucesters) A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire. (countable) Short for Gloucester Old Spots ==== Derived terms ==== double Gloucester single Gloucester ==== References ==== 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN