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shropshire

/ˈʃɹɑpˌʃaɪɹ/

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What does shropshire mean?

noun

  1. One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.

proper noun

  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.
  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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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.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
Lord Stafford is going to send his poor wife with one maid and one horse to a farm-house in Shropshire for ever.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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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.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
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.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939