Shire vs Town - What's the difference?
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Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
(UK, colloquial) The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK.
A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
A shire horse.
To (re]])constitute as one or more shires or [[county, counties.
* 1985 , Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , page 291:
* 2012 , James Lydon, The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present (ISBN 1134981503), page 160:
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
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Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
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A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
The residents (as opposed to (gown): the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
(label) (Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion).
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(label) A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
(label) An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
(label) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
(label) A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
As nouns the difference between shire and town
is that shire is former administrative area of Britain; a county while town is a settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.As a verb shire
is to (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.shire
English
Noun
(wikipedia shire) (en noun)- Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
- When are you coming back to the shire ?
Verb
(shir)- 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.
- The province was shired into nine counties,
- County Longford was shired in 1586
Anagrams
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English
Noun
(wikipedia town) (en noun)citation, passage=As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.}}
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