Derbyshire vs Derby - What's the difference?
derbyshire | derby |
A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Any of several annual horseraces.
By extension, any organized race.
(US) A bowler hat
*1906 , O. Henry,
*:He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes.
(sports) A local derby
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 15
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest
, work=BBC Sport
As proper nouns the difference between derbyshire and derby
is that derbyshire is a midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire while Derby is a city in the east Midlands of England, once the county town of Derbyshire.As a noun derby is
any of several annual horseraces.derbyshire
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Proper noun
(wikipedia Derbyshire) (en proper noun)derby
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