Hants

See also: hants, hánts, and ha'nts

English edit

Etymology edit

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.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhænts/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ænts

Proper noun edit

Hants

Short for Hampshire., England

Derived terms edit

East Hants

See also edit

Northants

References edit

^ “About Hampshire”, in Hantsweb‎^[1], 2016 September 8 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2012

Anagrams edit

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

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