Shropshire is a county in the west of England, right up against the Welsh border. Its local government sits in Shrewsbury, the old county town.

ShropshireShropshireis a county是一個郡in the west of England在英格蘭西部, right up against緊鄰著the Welsh border威爾斯邊界。Its local government它的地方政府sits in設在ShrewsburyShrewsbury(什魯斯伯里), the old county town這個古老的郡治。

It is a real place-name, so it takes a capital S.

It is這是a real place-name一個真實的地名, so所以it takes要用a capital S大寫的S。

English people often say it as SHROP-shuh, with the last part soft, not like a history-book “shire.” The land is mostly hills, farms, and market towns, not one huge city.

English people英國人often say it as常常唸成SHROP-shuhSHROP-shuh, with其中the last part最後一部分soft唸得輕輕的, not like不像a history-book歷史課本裡的“shire.”「shire」那樣。The land這裡的地形is mostly大多是hills, farms, and market towns丘陵、農場，和市集小鎮, not而不是one huge city一座大城市。

Though actually, the name is a bit of a twist: it is the old name of Shrewsbury plus the old word for a county, so Shropshire is, in a way, “the shire of Shrewsbury.” You may also meet a Shropshire sheep, a dark-faced breed named after the county, and Shropshire Blue cheese. Those take the place-name; they are not extra map-meanings.

Though actually不過實際上, the name這個名字is a bit of a twist有點轉折: it is它是the old name of...的舊名ShrewsburyShrewsbury(什魯斯伯里)plus加上the old word for a county郡的古字, so所以ShropshireShropshireis, in a way可以說是, “the shire of Shrewsbury.”「什魯斯伯里的郡」。You may also meet你也可能會遇到a Shropshire sheepShropshire sheep（一種羊）, a dark-faced breed一種黑臉的品種named after以...命名的the county這個郡, and以及Shropshire Blue cheeseShropshire Blue起司。Those這些名稱take沿用了the place-name這個地名; they are not它們不是extra map-meanings額外的地圖意涵。

In older papers you might see Salop — an old short name for the same county.

In older papers在較早的文獻裡you might see你可能會看到SalopSalop— an old short name for——這是...的舊時簡稱the same county同一個郡。