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The Shire

The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works. The Shire is an inland area settled exclusively by hobbits, the Shire-folk, largely sheltered from the goings-on in the rest of Middle-earth. It is in the northwest of the continent, in the region of Eriador and the Kingdom of Arnor.

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Genre
High fantasy
Location
Northwest of Middle-earth
Characters
Bilbo Baggins · Frodo Baggins · Samwise Gamgee · Merry Brandybuck · Pippin Took
Chief township
Michel Delving on the White Downs
Created by
J. R. R. Tolkien
Ethnic groups
Harfoots, Stoors, Fallohides

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The Shire

Nodes144
Edges143
Triples233
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013889
Components1

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The Shire

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related to Calendar · 42
The Shire → After, Afteryule, Anglo-Saxon, Bede's, Blanco, English, Eriador, Five, For, Gregorian, Highday, In, In The Hobbit, January, King's Reckoning, Kings' Reckoning, Latin, Lithe, March, Marcho
related to history · 36
The Shire → After, Anduin, Arnor, Battle, Blanco, Blue Mountains, Brandywine River, Buckland, Dwarves, Elves, Eriador, Fell Winter, Forodwaith, Generally, Great Road, Greenfields, Grey Havens, In, Long Winter, Marcho
related to Government · 21
The Shire → At, Bounders, Brandybuck, Brandywine River, Buckland, Farthing, Marish, Mayor, Message Service, Michel Delving, Rings, Shire, Shire's, Shirriffs, The, The Lord, The Master, The Mayor, There, These
related to Homely names · 20
The Shire → Bagshot Row, Bywater, Bywater Road, English, Hobbiton, Michael Stanton, Michel Delving, Mill, Much Digging, Old English, Sarehole, Shire, Stock, The Golden Perch, The Green Dragon, The Ivy Bush, The Shire's, Tolkien, Tolkien Encyclopedia, Tolkien's
related to Language · 20
The Shire → Common Speech, Dwarves, English, European, Lord, Mercian, Middle-earth, Middle-earth's Westron, Old English, Old Norse, Riders, Rings, Rohan, Rohirric, Shire, The, The Hobbit, This, To, Tolkien
related to A calque upon England · 17
The Shire → England, Evesham, Farthinghoe, Farthings, Hobbiton, Longbottom, Northamptonshire, Oxford, Shippey, Shippey's, Shire, The, There, Tolkien, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
related to Film · 17
The Shire → Bag End, Because, Following, Hobbiton, Ian Alexander's, In Peter Jackson's The, King, Lord, Matamata, New Zealand, Ring, Rings, Shire, The Fellowship, The Hobbit, The Lord, The Return
related to Childhood experience · 16
The Shire → Biography, Birmingham, Edgbaston, Humphrey Carpenter, Kings Heath, Merry's, Moseley, Sarehole, Shire, The, The Scouring, The Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien's, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
related to Games · 14
The Shire → Christopher Tolkien, Evendim, In, Middle Earth II, MMORPG The Lord, North Farthing, Rings, Rings Online, Shire, South Farthing, The, The Battle, The Lord, West Farthing
related to Fictional description · 9
The Shire → Appendices, Little, Rings, Shire, The Hobbit, The Lord, The Tolkien, Tolkien, Tom Shippey

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shire tolkien lord rings hobbit hobbits year english ring bree middle-earth near old bilbo village area end frodo names took

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The ShireCharactersBilbo Baggins1.00infobox
The ShireCharactersFrodo Baggins1.00infobox
The ShireCharactersSamwise Gamgee1.00infobox
The ShireCharactersMerry Brandybuck1.00infobox
The ShireCharactersPippin Took1.00infobox
The ShireChief townshipMichel Delving on the White Downs1.00infobox
The ShireCreated byJ. R. R. Tolkien1.00infobox
The ShireEthnic groupsHarfoots, Stoors, Fallohides1.00infobox
The ShireFirst appearanceThe Hobbit1.00infobox
The ShireGenreHigh fantasy1.00infobox
The ShireLocationNorthwest of Middle-earth1.00infobox
The ShireRaceHobbits1.00infobox
The ShireRuled byThain, Mayor1.00infobox
The ShireTypeRegion1.00infobox
The Shireis aregion of J0.90text
The Shireis ainland area settled exclusively by hobbits0.90text
The Shireis ascene of action at the beginning and end of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings0.90text

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