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Huntingdonshire

American  
[huhn-ting-duhn-sheer, -sher] / ˈhʌn tɪŋ dənˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

  1. a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.


Huntingdonshire British  
/ ˈhʌntɪŋdənˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1974) a former county of E England, now part of Cambridgeshire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sarah Conboy, Liberal Democrat leader at Huntingdonshire District Council, said it was an event "you hope you never get caught up in".

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

The painting, a portrait of Coulson Fellowes, who was MP for Huntingdonshire from 1741 to 1761, had a pre-sale estimate of £15,000 to £25,000 but went for £508,000.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Peterborough had the 46th highest rate in England with 482 cases per 100,000 people, and Huntingdonshire was one place behind it with 480 cases per 100,000 people, but that was a 2% week-on-week fall.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2021

The commission, whose other two members were Maurice Armstrong, head of the Huntingdonshire FA, and the former Blackburn Rovers winger turned lawyer Stuart Ripley, did not believe Terry.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

—When a Huntingdonshire man is asked "If he has ever been to Old Weston," and replies in the negative, he is invariably told, "You must go before you die."

From Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

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