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shire
noun
[ ˈʃʌɪə ]
• a county, especially in England.
• a rural area with its own elected council.
Origin:
Old English scīr ‘care, official charge, county’, of Germanic origin.
-shire
combining form
• forming the names of counties.
• "Oxfordshire"
