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West Country

For the region in Norway translated as "West Country", see Vestlandet.
"Westcountry" redirects here. For the former ITV station, see Westcountry Television.

One interpretation of the West Country, shown on this map as identical to the South West region of England, incorporating the counties of Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

The West Country (Cornish: An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England,[1] usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.[2] The West Country has a distinctive regional English dialect and accent,[3] and is also home to the Cornish language.

  1. ^ "the West Country". Dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Which counties make up the West Country?", YouGov.co.uk, 23 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2021
  3. ^ "THE DEVON DIALECT CHALLENGE". Retrieved 20 November 2019.

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