Hampshire

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Hampshire

/ˈhæmpʃɪə/ UK
/ˈhæmpʃə/ UK
/ˈhæmpʃɪɹ/ US
/ˈhæmpʃəɹ/ US

Rhymes with -æmpʃɪə(ɹ), -æmpʃə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English Hampteschire, from Old English Hāmtūnsċīr, from Hāmtūn (“Southampton”) + sċīr (“shire”).

For the development of epenthetic /p/, compare Thompson.

The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the county in England. The name was inspired by nearby Wiltshire.

proper noun Hampshires

countable, uncountable A maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester. In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
Similar: County of Southampton, Hamptonshire, Hants, Southamptonshire
countable, uncountable A community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
countable, uncountable A locality in Burnie City council area and the Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Hampshire County
countable, uncountable A surname.

noun Hampshires

A pig of a domestic breed characterized by erect ears, a black body, and a white band around the middle, covering the front legs.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hampshire down, gloucestershire, vienna, dorset, wiltshire, berkshire, surrey, sussex, kent, somerset, devon, cornwall, oxfordshire, buckinghamshire, hertfordshire, essex

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name county in the south of England

한국어	햄프셔 주 Haempeusyeo ju
日本語	ハンプシャー Hanpushā
中文	漢普郡 /汉普郡 Hànpǔjùn
हिन्दी	हॅम्प्शिर hĕmpśir
Français	Hampshire
Deutsch	Hampshire
Italiano	Hampshire
Русский	Гэмпшир Gɛmpšir
العربية	هَامْبْشِير hāmbšīr
עברית	המפשייר

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@misc{hampshire_2026,
  title = {Hampshire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hampshire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}