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shire in Persian

شایر

/ʃaɪə//ʃaɪ(ə)ɹ/

shire in Persian: شایر. In English, shire means 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 (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.

Persian words for shire

administrative area or district subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; administrative area or district in other countries — see also county
شایر

English meaning of shire

  1. noun 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 (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.
  2. noun The people living in a shire (noun sense 1.1) considered collectively.
  3. noun The general area in which a person comes from or lives.
  4. noun An administrative area or district in other countries.

Full definition of shire

shire in a sentence

  • Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
  • When are you coming back to the shire?
  • County Longford was shired in 1586.

shire in other languages

Questions about shire in Persian

What is the meaning of shire in Persian?
Shire in Persian is شایر.
معنی shire چیست؟
Shire: شایر.
What does shire mean in English?
Shire means 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 (England), a county having a name ending in -shire.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shire (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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