Hants

See also: hants and ha'nts

English

Etymology

Hants is the abbreviated form of Hampshire. The abbreviated form is derived from the Old English Hantum plus Scir (meaning a district governed from the settlement now known as Southampton) and the Anglo-Saxons called it Hamtunschire. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) this was compressed to Hantescire.[1]

  1. “About Hampshire”, in Hantsweb‎, accessed 8 Sept 2016, archived from the original on 4 March 2012

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhænts/
  • Rhymes: -ænts

Proper noun

Hants

  1. Hampshire

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