Meanings
plural Hampshires
- A placename
- countableuncountableA maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.
In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024Synonyms: County of Southampton, Hamptonshire, Hants, Southamptonshire
- countableuncountableA community and rural municipality in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- countableuncountableA locality in Burnie City council area and the Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Hampshire County.
- countableuncountableA surname.
plural Hampshires
- A pig of a domestic breed characterized by erect ears, a black body, and a white band around the middle, covering the front legs.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA maritime county in the south of England, United Kingdom bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.
More synonyms by meaning
nounBritish breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old EnglishHāmtūnsċīr
- Middle EnglishHampteschire
- EnglishHampshire
Inherited from Middle English Hampteschire, from Old English Hāmtūnsċīr, from Hāmtūn (“Southampton”) + sċīr (“shire”). For the development of epenthetic /p/, compare Thompson. The community in Prince Edward Island is named after the county in England. The name was inspired by nearby Wiltshire.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هَامْبْشِير
- هَامْبْشِير (hāmbšīr)county in the south of England
Bulgarian Хампшър
- Хампшър (Hampšăr)county in the south of England
Chinese Cantonese 咸普郡
- 咸普郡county in the south of England
Chinese Mandarin 漢普郡 /汉普郡
- 漢普郡 /汉普郡 (Hànpǔjùn)county in the south of England
French Hampshire
- Hampshirecounty in the south of England
German Hampshire
- Hampshirecounty in the south of England
Hebrew המפשייר
- המפשיירcounty in the south of England
Hindi हॅम्प्शिर
- हॅम्प्शिर (hĕmpśir)county in the south of England
Italian Hampshire
- Hampshirecounty in the south of England
Japanese ハンプシャー
- ハンプシャー (Hanpushā)county in the south of England
Korean 햄프셔 주
- 햄프셔 주 (Haempeusyeo ju)county in the south of England
Latin Hantonia, provincia Hantonensis or Hamtonensis
- Hantoniacounty in the south of England
- provincia Hantonensis or Hamtonensiscounty in the south of England
Latvian Hempšīra
- Hempšīracounty in the south of England
Lithuanian Hampšyras
- Hampšyrascounty in the south of England
Persian همپشر
- همپشرcounty in the south of England
Polish Hampshire
- Hampshirecounty in the south of England
Russian Гэмпшир
- Гэмпшир (Gɛmpšir)county in the south of England
Thai แฮมป์เชอร์
- แฮมป์เชอร์ (haem-cher)county in the south of England
Ukrainian Гемпшир
- Гемпшир (Hempšyr)county in the south of England
Urdu ہیمپشائر
- ہیمپشائر (haimpśāir)county in the south of England
Yiddish האַמפּשיר
- האַמפּשיר (hampshir)county in the south of England
Cite this entry
Hampshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hampshire
“Hampshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hampshire. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hampshire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hampshire.
Source: Hampshire on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.