Hampshire
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hampshire in British English:
UK [ˈhæmpʃiə]
How to pronounce Hampshire in American English:
US [ˈhæmpʃɪr, -ʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- a county of southern England on the English Channel
- British breed of hornless dark-faced mutton sheep
Word Origin
- Hampshire
- reduced from Old English Hamtunscir; named for the city of Southampton, which originally was simply Hamtun. Norman scribes mangled the county name to Hauntunescire, later Hantescire, hence the abbrev. Hants.
Example
- 1. Born on december 16 , 1775 , in steventon , hampshire .
- 2. Jim yong kim , currently head of dartmouth college in new hampshire , will take over from robert zoellick in july .
- 3. Of the survivors , only miss new hampshire sees the pageant as an objectification rather than a glorification of women .
- 4. Surrey , buckinghamshire , hampshire and berkshire are now among the top 35 most expensive property areas in the world .
- 5. Hampshire police issued the image to try to trace a distraction burglar who stole 60 from an elderly woman in stockbridge .