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The name ''Yorkshire'' is from [[Middle English]] ''Yorke schyre'', which displaced the form ''Everwhich schire'', which was derived from Old English ''Eoforwicscir''. In any case, the names mean "county of [[York]]"; "York" is derived from the [[Old Norse]] name for the city ''Jorvik'' (which, by folk-etymology, means "stallion bay"), a Scandinavianized form of the Old English name ''Eoforwic'' (literally, "boar village"), ultimately an adaptation of the Latin name ''Eboracum''.
The name ''Yorkshire'' is from [[Middle English]] ''Yorke schyre'', which displaced the form ''Everwhich schire'', which was derived from Old English ''Eoforwicscir''. In any case, the names mean "county of [[York]]"; "York" is derived from the [[Old Norse]] name for the city ''Jorvik'' (which, by folk-etymology, means "stallion bay"), a Scandinavianized form of the Old English name ''Eoforwic'' (literally, "boar village"), ultimately an adaptation of the Latin name ''Eboracum''.
== Geography ==
== Geography ==
A large area of Yorkshire is dominated by the [[Pennines]], by far the tallest range of hills in England. Yorkshire's long western border with [[Lancashire]] cuts through the heart of the Pennine chain, as do its borders with [[Cheshire]] and [[Westmorland]] and part of the border with [[Derbyshire]]. The tallest highest point in Yorkshire is [[Mickle Fell]], which has a height of 2,585 ft (788 m) lies within southern [[Teesdale]].
=== Subdivisions ===
=== Subdivisions ===
[[File:Yorkshire Wapentakes.svg.png|right|450px|thumb|The wapentakes of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] (yellow), [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] (green) and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West]] (pink) Ridings of Yorkshire.]]
[[File:Yorkshire Wapentakes.svg.png|right|450px|thumb|The wapentakes of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North]] (yellow), [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] (green) and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West]] (pink) Ridings of Yorkshire.]]