sheffield
sheffield — noun
1. A city in South Yorkshire in northern England, with a population of about 518,00
A city in South Yorkshire in northern England, with a population of about 518,000 people. It sits at the meeting point of five small rivers and is famous around the world for making steel and metal knives, forks, and tools. Today the city is also known for its two large universities and for its two football clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday.
Hiro studied engineering at one of the two universities in Sheffield for four years.
collocation: study at a university in Sheffield
Élise took the train from London to Sheffield in just over two hours.
proper noun: a destination you travel to
Many old factories in Sheffield once made knives, forks, and scissors from local steel.
Sheffield sits among seven low hills in the south of Yorkshire.
Tara grew up watching Sheffield United play at the Bramall Lane stadium.
- the Steel City
informal nickname referring to the city's steel-making history; common in news writing and tourism
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Refers to the English city itself. The same name appears in several small American towns (for example, Sheffield in Alabama and Massachusetts), but those uses are rare in international English and usually marked with the state name to avoid confusion.