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Shropshire

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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”).

Real reading context

Shropshire in complete knowledge articles