Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire

  • /ˈmɒn.məθˌʃɪəɹ/
  • /ˈmɒn.məθ.ʃəɹ/

Where it comes from

From Monmouth + shire.

proper noun

  1. A maritime traditional county of England and Wales, bordered by to the east by Gloucestershire, to the northeast by Herefordshire, to the north by Brecknockshire, to the west by Glamorganshire and to the south by the Bristol Channel. It was part of England until renamed Gwent and taken into Wales in 1974.
  2. A county and local government principal area of Wales which replaced Gwent, bordered by the Forest of Dean, Herefordshire, Powys, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Newport.

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name traditional county of Wales

РусскийМонмутшир Monmutšir

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MLA

"Monmouthshire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monmouthshire. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Monmouthshire. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monmouthshire

Chicago

"Monmouthshire." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monmouthshire.

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@misc{monmouthshire_2026,
  title = {Monmouthshire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monmouthshire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}