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    The West Country (Cornish: An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset...
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    media help. West Country English is a group of English language varieties and accents used by much of the native population of the West Country, an area...
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    The West Country Men were a group of influential individuals in Elizabethan England who advocated the English colonisation of Munster, attacks on the Spanish...
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    "country", such as the West Country in England, "big sky country" (used in various contexts of the American West), "coal country" (used to describe coal-mining...
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    ITV West Country is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the South West England franchise area on the ITV network. Previously...
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    cheese has no Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). In 2007, the name West Country Farmhouse Cheddar was registered in the European Union and (after Brexit)...
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  • A West Country derby is a sporting fixture involving teams from the West Country, in England. The term has been used to describe matches between any two...
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    The West Country Carnival Circuits are an annual celebration featuring a parade of illuminated carts in the English West Country. The celebration dates...
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  • ITV News West Country is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV West Country. ITV News West Country is broadcast from studios...
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    The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans, or "flat tops", are air-smoothed 4-6-2...
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    The West Country Harrier, sometimes called Somerset Harrier, is a breed of scent hound from the south west of England that is used to hunt hare in packs...
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    A West Country ketch or a Tamar ketch is a two-masted sailing ketch, designed for carrying cargo from the South West England, predominantly from the ports...
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    The West Country whipping is a quick practical whipping knot, a method of using twine to secure the end of a rope to prevent it fraying. It has several...
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    Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685...
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  • Country and West is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West. It was released in May 1970 on RCA Victor Records and was produced by...
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    Heart West Country was a regional radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network, broadcasting to Bristol and Somerset....
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  • Derailers. Jean Shepard, one of country music's first significant female artists, began her recording career on the West Coast in the 1950s. Through Capitol...
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    Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1965. The band was among the influential groups in the...
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  • removed from the most prominent English cities, as in Northumbria, or the West Country. Cultural interchange and processes of migration mean that English folk...
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  • and "barn dance" shows featuring country music were started all over the South, as far north as Chicago, and as far west as California. The most important...
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  • Anglian, and not from West Saxon. Low Late West Saxon is the distant ancestor of the West Country dialects. Wiktionary's coverage of West Saxon terms Wiktionary's...
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    reference to his country roots. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" received an enthusiastic response from West Virginians. On November 1, 2017, the West Virginia Tourism...
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    Yokel (redirect from Country hicks)
    rural areas of Britain such as the West Country, East Anglia, the Yorkshire Dales and Wales. They speak with country dialects from various parts of Britain...
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    populous, with approximately 5.7 million residents. The region includes the West Country and much of the ancient kingdom of Wessex. It includes two entire national...
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    West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (formerly West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada...
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    The Black Country is an area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall Metropolitan Boroughs, with...
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    developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However...
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    The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes: From...
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  • The West Country Damosel's Complaint is a traditional English or Scottish ballad that is part of the Child Ballad anthology (number 292). The young girl...
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    Devon (redirect from Devonshire (country))
    England fur-trading-plantation called Ma-Re Mount or Merrymount around a West Country-style Maypole, much to the displeasure of Pilgrim and Puritan colonists...
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