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Gloucester

English county, Old English Gleawceaster, from Latin Coloniae Glev (2c.), from Glevo, a Celtic name meaning "bright place" (perhaps influenced by Old English gleaw "wise, prudent") + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester). In reference to a type of cheese by 1802.

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Definitions of Gloucester from WordNet

Gloucester (n.)
a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries;
Gloucester (n.)
a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn;
From wordnet.princeton.edu