Hants

See also: hants, hánts, and ha'nts

English

Etymology

Hants is the abbreviated form of Hampshire. The abbreviated form is derived from 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhænts/

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• Rhymes: -ænts

Proper noun

Hants

1. Short for Hampshire., England

Derived terms

• East Hants

See also

• Northants

Anagrams

• NHTSA, Thans, hasn't, sha'n't, shan't, shant, snath