Flintshire

[ flint-sheer, -sher ]

noun
  1. a county in northeastern Wales. 169 sq. mi. (438 sq. km).

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Flintshire

/ (ˈflɪntˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /


noun
  1. 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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