Hampshire Definition

hămpshîr, -shər

noun

Any of a breed of large sheep originating in England, having a black face and black ears and legs.

American Heritage

Any of a breed of swine originating in England and developed in the United States, having a black body with a white beltlike band around the shoulders and front legs.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
Hampshire down

pronoun

A maritime county in the south of England bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire and the English Channel separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.

Wiktionary

Origin of Hampshire

English ham + shire (county). The 'p' evolved phonetically between [m] and [sh], as with Thom'plural'son.

From Wiktionary
After Hampshire , a county of southern England

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition