flint shire

Flint·shire

[flint-sheer, -sher]
noun
a historic county in Clwyd, in NE Wales.
Also called Flint.
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Flintshire (ˈflɪntˌʃɪə, -ʃə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a county of NE Wales, on the Irish Sea and the Dee estuary: became part of Clwyd in 1974, reinstated with reduced borders in 1996: includes the industrialized Deeside region in the E and the Clwydian Hills in the SW. Administrative centre: Mold. Pop: 149 400 (2003 est). Area: 437 sq km (169 sq miles)

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