A northwestern county of England, bordered by the Rivers Mersey and Dee, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.

(phonology, rare) Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”)

A fictional cat with a broad fixed grin, made popular by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).

A dense and crumbly cheese produced in the English county of Cheshire.

plural of Cheshire cheese

One of 10 counties in New Hampshire, United States. County seat: Keene. Named after the county of Cheshire in England.

A unitary authority area in Cheshire, England, created in 2009 with the amalgamation of the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich.

A local government district with borough status, called a unitary authority, in Cheshire, England, created in 2009 when Ellesmere Port and Neston district, Vale Royal district and the City of Chester were abolished.

(simile) To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way.