Brecknockshire

American  

[brek-nuhk-sheer, -sher, -nok-] / ˈbrɛk nəkˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -nɒk- /

noun

1. a historic county in southern Wales, now part of Powys.

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Etymology

Origin of Brecknockshire

From Welsh Brycheiniog, derivative of Brychan mac Anlach, fifth-century Irish-born ruler of the area + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

Sennybridge in Brecknockshire saw the highest rainfall, with 53.8mm falling in the last 24 hours, followed by Footholm Flume in Lancashire at 48.8mm.

From The Guardian

HEREFORDSHIRE, an inland county of England on the south Welsh border, bounded N. by Shropshire, E. by Worcestershire, S. by Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, and W. by Radnorshire and Brecknockshire.

From Project Gutenberg

High ground, of an elevation from 500 to 800 ft., separates the various valleys, while on the eastern boundary rise the Malvern Hills, reaching 1194 ft. in the Herefordshire Beacon, and 1395 ft. in the Worcestershire Beacon, and on the boundary with Brecknockshire the Black Mountains exceed 2000 ft.

From Project Gutenberg

Howell Harris, an eminent preacher, distinguished as the introducer of Methodism into Wales, was born at Trevecca, in Brecknockshire, on January 23rd, 1713; and being designed for the church, was admitted a student of St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford, in November, 1735. 

From Project Gutenberg

In the year 1770 he published a “Welsh Anthology,” in quarto, containing choice selections from the poets of different ages. p. 97Theophilus Jones, the ingenious and learned author of the “History of Brecknockshire,” was born Oct.

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