Hampshire

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæmpʃɪə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhæmpʃə/
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• General-American: /ˈhæmpʃɪɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈhæmpʃəɹ/
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• rhymes with -æmpʃɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 M P SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH AE1 M SH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: HH AE1 M P SH AY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 4: HH AE1 M SH AY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English Hampteschire, from Old English Hāmtūnsċīr, from Hāmtūn (“Southampton”) + sċīr (“shire”). For the development of epenthetic /p/, compare Thompson. The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the county in England. The name was inspired by nearby Wiltshire.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَامْبْشِير (hāmbšīr) — county in the south of England
• Belarusian: Хэ́мпшыр (Xémpšyr) — county in the south of England
• Bulgarian: Хампшър (Hampšǎr) — county in the south of England
• Cherokee: ᎭᎻᏒ (hamisv) — county in the south of England
• Chinese Cantonese: 咸普郡 — county in the south of England
• Chinese Mandarin: 漢普郡 /汉普郡 (Hànpǔjùn) — county in the south of England
• French: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• West-Frisian: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• Georgian: ჰემფშირი (hempširi) — county in the south of England
• German: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• Gujarati: હૅમ્પ્શિર (hěmpśir) — county in the south of England
• Hebrew: המפשייר — county in the south of England
• Hindi: हॅम्प्शिर (hĕmpśir) — county in the south of England
• Italian: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• Japanese: ハンプシャー (Hanpushā) — county in the south of England
• Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಮ್ಪ್ಶಿರ್ (hyāmpśir) — county in the south of England
• Korean: 햄프셔 주 (Haempeusyeo ju) — county in the south of England
• Latin: Hantonia — county in the south of England
• Latin: provincia Hantonensis or Hamtonensis — county in the south of England
• Latvian: Hempšīra — county in the south of England
• Lithuanian: Hampšyras — county in the south of England
• Marathi: हँपशायर (hĕmpśāyar) — county in the south of England
• Middle English: Hampteschire — county in the south of England
• Old English: Hāmtūnscīr — county in the south of England
• Persian: همپشر — county in the south of England
• Polish: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• Punjabi: ہیمپشائر (hempśā'ir) — county in the south of England
• Russian: Гэмпшир (Gɛmpšir) — county in the south of England
• Scots: Hampshire — county in the south of England
• Telugu: హ్యామ్ప్శిర్ (hyāmpśir) — county in the south of England
• Thai: แฮมป์เชอร์ (haem-cher) — county in the south of England
• Ukrainian: Гемпшир (Hempšyr) — county in the south of England
• Urdu: ہیمپشائر (haimpśāir) — county in the south of England
• Uyghur: Xampishir — county in the south of England
• Yiddish: האַמפּשיר (hampshir) — county in the south of England