Hantescire

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Hantescire is the Old English name historically used for the English county now known as Hampshire.

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Hantescire canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English toponym
historic county name
administrativeType shire
borders Kingdom of Wessex
surface form: Wessex region (historical)
country Kingdom of England
derivesFrom Old English "scir" (shire)
etymologyRelatedTo Hamtun (Southampton or Winchester, debated)
hasPart territory of modern Hampshire
historicalLanguageStage Old English
surface form: West Saxon Old English
historicalPeriod early medieval England
language Old English
locatedIn southern England
meaningOfElement_-scire shire
mentionedIn Anglo-Saxon charters (as a form of the county name)
modernEquivalentName Hampshire
nameElement -scire
Hant-
refersTo Hampshire
regionType county
replacedBy Hampshire
toponymCategory English county name
usedAs administrative unit name
usedFor English county of Hampshire
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Hampshire historicalName Hantescire