Monmouthshire

[ mon-muhth-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈmɒn məθˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

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noun

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

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Also called Monmouth.

Words nearby Monmouthshire

monk's cloth, monk seal, monkshood, Monks' Mound, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Monnet, monnion, mono, monoacetin, monoacid

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How to use Monmouthshire in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
In Monmouthshire last year there was an increase of 88 per cent in sexual offences.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
No country town or country house has been found more than 20 m. north of York or west of Monmouthshire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Of the western counties, the southern half of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire are generally hilly.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4|Various

An anecdote is told of a gentleman in Monmouthshire, which exhibits the pride of ancestry in a curious point of view.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes|Various
Carac´tacus or Caradoc, king of the Sil´urês (Monmouthshire, etc.).
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

British Dictionary definitions for Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire

/ (ˈmɒnməθˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

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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