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Shire vs District - What's the difference?

shire | district |

As nouns the difference between shire and district

is that shire is former administrative area of Britain; a county while district is an administrative division of an area.

As verbs the difference between shire and district

is that shire is to (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties while district is to divide into administrative or other districts.

As an adjective district is

rigorous; stringent; harsh.

As a proper noun District is

the District of Columbia, the federal district of the United States.

shire

English

Noun

(wikipedia shire) (en noun)
  • Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
    • Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
  • (UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK.
    • When are you coming back to the shire ?
  • A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
  • A shire horse.

    • Verb

    (shir)
  • To (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county, counties.
  • * 1985 , Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , page 291:
    • Although he still managed formally to shire the province in the summer and autumn of 1585, his plan to establish a presidential government and complete the integration of Ulster into English Ireland met with royal indifference.
  • * 2012 , James Lydon, The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present (ISBN 1134981503), page 160:
    • The province was shired into nine counties,
    County Longford was shired in 1586

    Anagrams

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    district

    English

    (wikipedia district)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An administrative division of an area.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
    the Soho district of London
  • An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
    • the Lake District in Cumbria
  • (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
    • South Oxfordshire District Council

    Derived terms

    * congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school district

    Related terms

    * districtual

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into administrative or other s.

    • Derived terms

    * redistrict

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
  • * Foxe
    • punishing with the rod of district severity

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