Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Shropshire en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).
Meanings
-
One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
Forms
Shropshire en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).
Meanings
-
An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
-
Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.
Deriveds
North Shropshire · Shropshire Blue