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Shire

Shire (/ʃaɪər/) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking and Commonwealth countries. It is generally synonymous with county (such as Berkshire and Cheshire). English counties are among the oldest extant national divisions in the world.

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Shires in the United Kingdom

County townEssexKentSussexAnglo-Saxon kingdom
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Shires in the United States

Province of New YorkYork ShireAlbanyUlsterPrince James
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Shires in Australia

Local government areas (LGAs)New South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandVictoria
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Origins

DomesdayYorkLothianBordersKing David I
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Shires in the United Kingdom

Shires in the United States

Shires in Australia

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Shire

Nodes234
Edges233
Triples158
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008547
Components1

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Shire

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related to Virginia · 25
Shire → Accomac Shire, Charles, Charles City County, Charles City Shire, Charles River Shire, City, Elizabeth City County, Elizabeth City Shire, England, Henrico County, Henrico Shire, In, Isle, James City County, James City Shire, King, Newport News, Northampton County, They, Virginia
related to Shires in Australia · 20
Shire → Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos, In, Islands, Keeling, LGA, LGAs, Melbourne, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Shires, South Australia, Sydney, Tasmania, These, Three LGAs, Victoria, Western Australia
related to Origins · 16
Shire → Although, An, Anglo-Saxon, Borders, England, English-settled, In Domesday, In Ireland, In Scotland, King David, Lothian, Scotland, The, Wessex, West Saxon, York
related to Etymology · 15
Shire → Berkshire, British, England, In, In England, Leicestershire, Norman Conquest, Old English, Old High German, Proto-Germanic, Scotland, Shire Hall, The, UK, Wales
related to New York and New England · 15
Shire → Albany, Before, Duke, Earl, English, Hampshire, John Mason, New Hampshire, New York, Prince James, Province, The, Ulster, York, York Shire
related to Shires in the United Kingdom · 13
Shire → Anglo-Saxon, Brittonic, English, Essex, It, Kent, Northern Ireland, Scottish, Similarly Cornwall, Sussex, The, These, Welsh
related to Shire names in Wales · 11
Shire → Brecknockshire, Breconshire, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire, CarmarthenshireDenbighshireFlintshireMonmouthshireMontgomeryshirePembrokeshireRadnorshire, Carnarvonshire, Ceredigion, Shires, Sir, Wales, Welsh
see also · 7
Shire → CataloniaCounties, ComarcaComarcas, EnglandHistoric, ScotlandGau, SpainComarques, United KingdomCounties, WalesShires
related to In fiction · 6
Shire → English, Rings, The Hobbit, The Lord, The Shire, Tolkien's
related to Shire names in Scotland · 6
Shire → Earliest, England, Later, Norman, Scotland, Scots

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county counties shires england scotland used -shire suffix term wales word english century administrative names also name local australia later

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Shireis alocal government area0.90text
Shireis aplace-name suffix0.90text
Shire Hall.In regions with rhotic pronunciationinstance ofmainly in places0.80text
such as Scotlandinstance ofmainly in places0.80text
the word shire is pronounced /ʃaɪərinstance ofmainly in places0.80text
Lothianinstance ofThe first shires of Scotland were created in English-settled areas0.80text
the Bordersinstance ofThe first shires of Scotland were created in English-settled areas0.80text
in the 9th centuryinstance ofThe first shires of Scotland were created in English-settled areas0.80text
Hullshireinstance ofsuffix were counties corporate0.80text
and other districts such as Applebyshireinstance ofsuffix were counties corporate0.80text
Bamburghshireinstance ofsuffix were counties corporate0.80text
Carlisleshireinstance ofsuffix were counties corporate0.80text

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