Monmouthshire
[mon-muh th-sheer, -sher]
- a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
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Also called Monmouth.
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Contemporary Examples
The place is England, or perhaps Monmouthshire, just across the border in Wales.
Historical Examples
He is said to have been the founder of the church of Llanverin, or Llanvetherin, Monmouthshire.
Y GododinAneurin
Henry Foxall, a native of Monmouthshire, England, was born in 1760.
A Portrait of Old George TownGrace Dunlop Ecker
There is also a record in Monmouthshire, which may require confirmation.
The Butterflies of the British IslesRichard South
Newport is a large town in Monmouthshire, and had once walls and a castle.
Wild WalesGeorge Borrow
I think you can say just the same of the Welshman or the Monmouthshire man.
Wit and Wisdom of Lord TredegarGodfrey Charles Morgan
Monmouthshire
- 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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