oppose mais oui was correct to move this it is no longer called ross shire a linguistic absurdity comparable to cornwallshire or northumberlandshire ross is the historical name of this ancient comital province ross was the product of a past tendency desire to anglicize scottish placenames and has even produced a culture concept known to academics as scotlandshire the area is now officially called ross and cromarty strangely as cromarty is in easter ross ross shire certainly is not the most common name as was claimed above but i'll admit usage does survive among people who've had grown accustomed to using it ross shire should be a redirect to either ross what is wrong with ross disambiguation ross area or ross and cromarty