shires
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noun
- Physical area administered by a sheriff.
- Former administrative area of Britain; a county.“Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.”
- The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.“When are you coming back to the shire?”
- A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
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