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Sheffield

shef·field

UK/ˈʃɛfiːld/ US/ˈʃɛfɪld/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry

Origin

From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).

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