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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?.

A shire horse
Former administrative area of Britain; a county

Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.

A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia
{n} a county, what is under only one sheriff
a fictional region in J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings
a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
British breed of large heavy draft horse
A shire or shire horse is a large heavy horse used for pulling loads
A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire
The Shires or the shire counties are the counties of England that have a lot of countryside and farms. Smart country people are fleeing back to the shires
British breed of large heavy draft horse a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
{i} territorial administrative division, county (British)
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county
shire horse
The tallest breed of draught horse
shire horses
plural form of shire horse
Shire River
River, southern Malawi and central Mozambique. The most important river in Malawi, it flows 250 mi (402 km) from the southern shore of Lake Malawi into the Zambezi River. In Malawi it drops 1,260 ft (384 m) in a spectacular 50-mi (80-km) stretch of gorges and cataracts. A dam at Liwonde regulates flow from Lake Malawi and provides flood control
Shire horse
A large powerful draft horse of a breed originating in central England, having long hair that grows from the knee and hock. a type of large powerful horse used for pulling large loads
shire horse
One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor
shire horse
Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color
shire horse
cargo horse, load horse, horse that carries cargo
shire horse
They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks
shires
plural of shire
shire
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