Wiltshire
/ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/adjective
Wiltshire is an adjective meaning “Prepared using the Wiltshire cure technique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-I-L-T-S-H-I-R-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears 1.9 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Wiltshire mean?
adjective
- 1
Prepared using the Wiltshire cure technique.
Wiltshire bacon; Wiltshire ham; a Wiltshire side
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Wiltshire?
- UK /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/
Wiltshire has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-UK_Wiltshire_Pronunciation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Wiltshire
- Willshaw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Wiltshire?
Wiltshire appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Wiltshire come from?
From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).