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shire noun

  /ʃaɪ(ə)ɹ/ , /ʃaɪə/
  • (chiefly, historical) 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.
  • (Australia, often, attributive) An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
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