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noun(shire)an administrative subdivision; especially : a county in England
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noun(shire)any of an old breed of large heavy draft horses of British origin having heavily feathered legs
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geographical name(shire)river 250 miles (400 kilometers) long in southern Malawi and central Mozambique flowing from Lake Malawi south into the Zambezi River
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noun(shire)a town that is the seat of the government of a shire
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noun(shire)a town where a court of superior jurisdiction (such as a circuit court or a court with a jury) sits
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geographical name(shire)former county of northern Scotland; capital Wick
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geographical name(shire)former county of northwestern Scotland
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geographical name(shire)burgh in northwestern Scotland, formerly serving as the capital of the Highland region population 63,090
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geographical name(shire)former county of east central Scotland; capital Kinross