HOW TO PRONOUNCE
shropshire
/ˈʃɹɑpˌʃaɪɹ/
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What does shropshire mean?
noun
- One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
proper noun
- 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.
- 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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IPA pronunciation
/ˈʃɹɑpˌʃaɪɹ/
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Till one to-day I was building castles in the air about hunting foxes the Shropshire, now llamas in South America.
Lord Stafford is going to send his poor wife with one maid and one horse to a farm-house in Shropshire for ever.
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There was also in Shropshire a well-known breed of wire-hair terriers, black and tan, on very short legs, and weighing about 10 lb.
I went over the top of the hill and then began to descend its southern side, obtaining a distant view of the plains of Shropshire on the east.
The iron was to be of the best Shropshire, drawn at Upton forge, and finished and proved at the works, under the inspection of a person appointed by the engineer.