shire

English

Etymology

From Old English scir, from Proto-Germanic *skīrō, *skīzō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

Wikipedia

shire (plural shires)

1. Former administrative area of Britain; a county.

   Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.

2. (UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK:

   "When are you coming back to the shire?"

3. A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
4. A shire horse

Translations

former administrative area of Britain; a county

• Bulgarian: гра́фство n (gráfstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郡 (zh) (jùn), 夏 (zh) (xià)

• Czech: hrabství n
• Dutch: graafschap n
• Finnish: kreivikunta
• French: comté (fr) f
• German: Grafschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: megye (hu)
• Icelandic: skíri n

• Irish: sír f
• Japanese: シャイア (shaia), 郡 (ja) (ぐん, gun)
• Manx: sheer
• Polish: hrabstwo (pl) n
• Romanian: judet n
• Russian: гра́фство (ru) n (gráfstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd f, siorramachd f
• Spanish: condado (es) m
• Swedish: grevskap n
• Turkish: shire
• Welsh: sir (cy)

rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郡 (zh) (jùn)

• French: comté (fr) m
• Polish: hrabstwo (pl)

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} skíri n

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