Flintshire

[flint-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a county in northeastern Wales. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).

Flintshire

/ -ʃə, ˈflɪntˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of NE Wales, on the Irish Sea and the Dee estuary: became part of Clwyd in 1974, reinstated with reduced borders in 1996: includes the industrialized Deeside region in the E and the Clwydian Hills in the SW. Administrative centre: Mold. Pop: 149 400 (2003 est). Area: 437 sq km (169 sq miles)

Example Sentences

At the hearing in Ruthin, North Wales, coroner John Gittins said paramedics were called to Beard's home in Flintshire after he was found hanged.

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She wanted to drive from her home in Flintshire, north Wales and cross the North Sea by ferry.

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Mr Davies' dismissal then followed, the tribunal in Mold, Flintshire, was told.

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Whitehurst, of Holway, in Flintshire denied the charges and chose not to attend the tribunal.

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The allowance covers tuition fees up to a maximum of £22,755 a year, £7,585 per term, and is available to people living in the counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Anglesey or Flintshire and serving in one of the following establishments:

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