name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET:SH R AA1 P SH AY2 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.
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noun
Meaning 3
One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
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History
Etymology
From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).