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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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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

Police said the day after the attack Beresford had used a phone to look up Mr Duquemin's family on Facebook and searched for defence solicitors and the phrase "Huntingdonshire police".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021

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

Huntingdonshire was represented by three members in parliament in 1290.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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