Monmouthshire

[mon-muh th-sheer, -sher]

noun

a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.

Also called Monmouth.

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Examples from the Web for monmouthshire

Contemporary Examples of monmouthshire

The place is England, or perhaps Monmouthshire, just across the border in Wales.
‘A Field in England’ Is a Psychedelic Cinematic Trip
Andrew Romano
February 9, 2014

Historical Examples of monmouthshire

He is said to have been the founder of the church of Llanverin, or Llanvetherin, Monmouthshire.
Y Gododin
Aneurin
Henry Foxall, a native of Monmouthshire, England, was born in 1760.
A Portrait of Old George Town
Grace Dunlop Ecker
There is also a record in Monmouthshire, which may require confirmation.
The Butterflies of the British Isles
Richard South
Newport is a large town in Monmouthshire, and had once walls and a castle.
Wild Wales
George Borrow
I think you can say just the same of the Welshman or the Monmouthshire man.
Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar
Godfrey Charles Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

noun

a county of E Wales: administratively part of England for three centuries (until 1830); mainly absorbed into the county of Gwent in 1974; reinstated with reduced boundaries in 1996: chiefly agricultural, with the Black Mountains in the N. Administrative centre: Cwmbran. Pop: 86 200 (2003 est). Area: 851 sq km (329 sq miles)

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