How to pronounce“shire”in English
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Definitions of “shire”
An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.
“Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.”
The people living in a shire (noun sense 1.1) considered collectively.
“You, my love, are a little paragon—positively a little jewel—You have more brains than half the shire— […]”
To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.
“County Longford was shired in 1586.”
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