Shire vs Village - What's the difference?
shire | village |
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.
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* 2012 , James Lydon, The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present (ISBN 1134981503), page 160:
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
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, title= (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
As nouns the difference between shire and village
is that shire is former administrative area of Britain; a county while village is a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.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
(wikipedia village)Noun
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