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Southamptonshire

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Old English Suðhamtunscir

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Old English · derived fromSuðhamtunscir
English todaySouthamptonshire

From Old English Suðhamtunscir, equivalent to Southampton + shire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.