Monmouthshire

[mon-muhth-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a county in eastern Wales. 330 sq. mi. (850 sq. km).

Monmouthshire

/ ˈmɒnməθˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Monmouthshire¹

Monmouth ( def. ) + shire ( def. )

Example Sentences

Welsh ministers this week made grants of up to £3,000 available for flood-hit businesses in Monmouthshire.

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Monmouthshire was the only council with no neighbourhoods ranked as highly deprived, with one neighbourhood in Chepstow found to be the least deprived in Wales.

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In England, a total of eight sites have been earmarked - in Teesside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Worcestershire and Hampshire - and there are two in Wales - in Monmouthshire and Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire.

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A rain gauge in the Black Mountains on the northern edge of Monmouthshire recorded accumulations of 119.6mm between Thursday night and Saturday morning, BBC Wales environment correspondent Steffan Messenger said.

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Jonte William Bluck was bitten by the animal while staying at his father's home in Crossway, Rogiet in Monmouthshire, on 2 November.

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