Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "shire" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

basingstoke dublin jersey saint helier

Coordinate Terms

hometown

Derived Terms

Bedfordshire Blankshire Four Shire Stone Loamshire Monmouthshire Shire Oak Shireman Shires Yorkshire knight of the shire shire horse shire town shire-reeve shiremoot shiremote unshired

Context

uk united kingdom

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

administrative district administrative division draft horse draught horse dray horse territorial division

Type Of (IsA)

administrative district company draft horse

Related Terms

sheriff

Related Terms

administrative australia britain constitute county reconstitute rural sheriff shire horse suburban

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.