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Etymology


The is derived from, from , from ; further etymology uncertain, possibly related to 🇨🇬, ultimately from.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  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, a county having a name ending in.
 * 2)  The people living in a shire  considered collectively.
 * 3)  The general area in which a person comes from or lives.
 * 4)  An administrative area or district in other countries.
 * 5)  An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
 * 6) A district or province governed by a person; specifically, the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
 * 7)  A region; also, a country.
 * 1)  The people living in a shire  considered collectively.
 * 2)  The general area in which a person comes from or lives.
 * 3)  An administrative area or district in other countries.
 * 4)  An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
 * 5) A district or province governed by a person; specifically, the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
 * 6)  A region; also, a country.
 * 1)  An administrative area or district in other countries.
 * 2)  An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
 * 3) A district or province governed by a person; specifically, the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
 * 4)  A region; also, a country.
 * 1) A district or province governed by a person; specifically, the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
 * 2)  A region; also, a country.
 * 1) A district or province governed by a person; specifically, the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
 * 2)  A region; also, a country.
 * 1)  A region; also, a country.

Usage notes
After the in the 11th century,  (“administrative area or district jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff”) was generally replaced by, a word of French origin.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: гра́фство
 * Burmese: ရှိုင်းယား
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: hrabství
 * Danish: grevskab
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: graflando
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: condado
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: skíri
 * Irish: sír
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: シャイア,
 * Korean: 셔
 * Macedonian:
 * Manx: sheer
 * Old High German: scīra
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: judet,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd, siorramachd
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ไชร์
 * Ukrainian: шир
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Icelandic: skíri
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun ) or counties.

Translations

 * Finnish: jakaa kreivikunniksi, perustaa kreivikunta
 * Macedonian:

Etymology
From, compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) table

Etymology 1
From, from. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Noun

 * , district, county
 * 1) * late 14th c., . General Prologue: 15-16.
 * "enm"

- And specially from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 3
From, from.