hampshire

«hampshire» in Mova's school dictionary: a county on the south coast of England; its cities… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

proper noun (Hampshire)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England; its cities include Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester. tree →

2) New Hampshire is a state in the north-east of the USA, named after the English county. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Hampshire is an example of an English county with a coast, the New Forest national park and busy ports. New Hampshire is one of the New England states in the USA. In stories and news the name tells you where something happens.

examples

• Southampton and Portsmouth are big port cities in Hampshire. tree →
• The New Forest in Hampshire has wild ponies. tree →
• My cousins live in Hampshire, near the sea. tree →
• New Hampshire is a state in the north-east of the United States. tree →
• We drove through Hampshire on the way to the beach. tree →
• Winchester is an old city in Hampshire. tree →

note

A name, so always written with a capital H: Hampshire. The «p» is hardly heard: HAMP-shuh. Abbreviation «Hants» is sometimes used in the UK.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hampshire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.