shire

noun/ʃaɪr/

Frequency rank: #7,959 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a rural county or administrative district, especially in England.

Illustration for the English word “shire”

Example sentence

The rolling green hills of the shire made it one of the most picturesque regions in all of England.

Synonyms & related words

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