- Shire - Wikipedia
The suffix -shire is attached to most of the names of English, Scottish and Welsh counties It tends not to be found in the names of shires that were pre-existing divisions
- SHIRE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SHIRE is an administrative subdivision; especially : a county in England
- SHIRE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
A "shire" was a grouping of hundreds, with a similar gathering of its principal men for judicial, military, and fiscal purposes
- Shire | Draft Horse, Heavy Horse, Gentle Giant | Britannica
Shire, draft horse breed native to the middle section of England The breed descended from the English “great horse,” which carried men in full battle armour that often weighed as much as 400 pounds
- SHIRE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Shire in American English (ʃaiᵊr) noun one of an English breed of large, strong draft horses having a usually brown or bay coat with white markings
- Shire - definition of shire by The Free Dictionary
shire (ʃaɪər) n 1 one of the counties of Great Britain 2 the Shires, the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is esp popular
- shire, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
shire, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- Shire - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population The states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia use shire for this unit
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