SHIRE


Meaning of SHIRE in English

/shuyeur/ , n.

1. one of the counties of Great Britain.

2. the Shires , the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular.

[ bef. 900; ME; OE scir office of administration, jurisdiction of such an office, county ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .