Hampshire County
Syllables: Hamp·shire Coun·ty/ˈhæmp.ʃɚ ˈkaʊn.ti/
Hampshire County proper noun: one of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States. County seat: Northampton.
Proper noun
Hampshire County
- One of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States. County seat: Northampton.
- Long a welcoming haven for gays and lesbians, Hampshire County, which is home to Northampton, has the highest concentration of same-sex female households in the US.2025 August 19, Jeanne Bonner, “This independent haven is a ‘tangibly different’ college town”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2025
- One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Romney.
Origin of Hampshire County
Both counties are named after Hampshire in England.
Words that rhyme with Hampshire County
- Washington County
- Franklin County
- Lincoln County
- Carroll County
- Hancock County
- Cumberland County
- Knox County
- Orange County
- Kent County
- bounty
- Essex County
- Hardin County
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- Middlesex County
- Sullivan County
- York County
- Kings County
- Richmond County
- Victoria County
- Adair County
- county
- Northumberland County
- Queens County
- Somerset County
- Butte County
- Charlotte County
- Fairfield County
- Gloucester County
- Halifax County
- Huron County
- mountie
- Norfolk County
- Oxford County
- Rockingham County
- Williamson County
- Atchison County
- Big Horn County
- Bristol County
- Bruce County
- Carleton County
- Chambers County
- Coos County
- Grey County
- Hillsborough County
- Lunenburg County
- Nassau County
- Orleans County
- Page County
- Plymouth County
- Prince Edward County
- Shannon County
- Suffolk County
- Windham County
- Worcester County
- Addison County
- Albert County
- Andrew County
- Androscoggin County
- Annapolis County
- Antigonish County
- Aransas County
Questions about Hampshire County
- What does Hampshire County mean?
- Hampshire County means one of 14 counties in Massachusetts, United States. County seat: Northampton.
- What part of speech is Hampshire County?
- Hampshire County is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hampshire County?
- Hampshire County is pronounced /ˈhæmp.ʃɚ ˈkaʊn.ti/.
Words near Hampshire County in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hampshire County (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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