shire

ʃaɪə

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#1·4h ago

(by extension) An administrative area or district in other countries.

Origin: [[File:EnglandTraditionalShires.png|thumb|A map showing the historic counties of England. The areas in red are shires () or counties with names ending in -shire, and those in orange occasionally have names with this suffix.]] The is derived from , from , from ; further etymology uncertain, possibly related to , ultimately from . The is derived from the noun. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires () or counties.

County Longford was shired in 1586.

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