A shire is a traditional division found in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Australia. In Britain, "shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county; the word county having been introduced at the Norman Conquest. The two are synonymous. Although in modern British usage counties are referred to as "shires" mainly in poetic contexts, terms such as Shire Hall remain common. Shire also remains a common part of many county names.

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  • A shire is a traditional division found in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Australia. In Britain, "shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county; the word county having been introduced at the Norman Conquest. The two are synonymous. Although in modern British usage counties are referred to as "shires" mainly in poetic contexts, terms such as Shire Hall remain common. Shire also remains a common part of many county names. In parts of Australia, a shire is an administrative unit. It is not synonymous with "county", which is a land registration unit. The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in what is now central and southern England. The word is from Old English, scir, and appears to be allied to shear as it is a division of the land. The system was spread to most of the rest of England in tenth century. The shire in early days was governed by an ealdorman and in the later Anglo-Saxon period by royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff. The shires were divided into hundreds or wapentakes, although other less common sub-divisions existed. The first shires of Scotland were created after the English model, possibly beginning in the tenth century. King David I more consistently created shires and appointed sheriffs across lowland Scotland. An alternative name for a shire was a "sheriffdom" until sheriff court reforms separated the two concepts. In Scotland the word "county" was not adopted for the shires. Although "county" appears in some texts, "shire" was the normal name until counties for statutory purposes were created in the nineteenth century. Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland and in the far northeast of England, the word is pronounced /ˈʃaɪr/ (rhyming with "fire"). As a suffix in an English or Welsh place name, it is in most regions pronounced /-ʃər/ "shur", or sometimes /-ʃɪər/, a homophone of "sheer".
  • Der Shire war in der angelsächsischen Zeit ein Verwaltungsgebiet, nach dem sich die Höhe der Steuern bestimmte. Die Steuern waren in den Verwaltungssitzen der Shires zu verbringen. Nach diesen Verwaltungssitzen waren diese Shires benannt, z. B. Oxfordshire oder Lancashire. Mit dem Einfall der Normannen auf die Britischen Inseln wurden die Shires in die Gebietseinheiten der Normannen gegliedert. Sie behielten zwar ihren traditionellen Namen, wurden aber zu den so genannten Countys (Grafschaften). Shires bestehen heute noch in Australien als lokale Gebietskörperschaften.
  • シャイア（shire）はイギリスおよびオーストラリアの行政区域である。最初のシャイアは現在のイングランド中部および南部に居住するアングロサクソンによってつくり出された。シャイアは「shire reeve」またはシェリフと呼ばれる王官によって統治されていた。歴史的にはシャイアは通常ハンドレッド またはワーペンテイクス に分割されていた（ただし他にもごく一部で用いられた分割もあった）。現在の英語の用法ではシャイアはディストリクトに分割される。 独立の単語として、またスコットランドでは、shire はシャイア [ʃaɪə] ("fire" と同じ母音) と発音される。イングランドならびにウェールズの地名語尾としては、シャー [-ʃə] またはシア [-ʃɪə] ("sheer" と同音) と発音される。
  • Um shire é uma tradicional divisão encontrada no Reino Unido e na Austrália. Um shire pode ser traduzido em língua portuguesa por um condado, de um modo geral. Por exemplo, Yorkshire pode ser traduzido por Condado de York. York é um município no interior da Inglaterra, a caminho da Escócia. Nova York, nos Estados Unidos, recebeu esse nome por ter sido considerada uma réplica do município de York. Quando os imigrantes procedentes da Inglaterra, por causa das perseguições religiosas levantadas contra os Protestantes, desembarcaram na América do Norte, eles se entregaram à difícil tarefa de desbravar o novo continente, em busca da sobrevivência. Considerando aquele território uma semelhança do município inglês chamado York, julgando mesmo ser uma justa réplica daquele município inglês, eles batizaram aquele território com o nome de Nova York. Condados da Inglaterra Condados da Escócia Condados do País de Gales Condados do Reino Unido
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  • A shire is a traditional division found in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in Australia. In Britain, "shire" is the original term for what is usually known as a county; the word county having been introduced at the Norman Conquest. The two are synonymous. Although in modern British usage counties are referred to as "shires" mainly in poetic contexts, terms such as Shire Hall remain common. Shire also remains a common part of many county names.
  • Der Shire war in der angelsächsischen Zeit ein Verwaltungsgebiet, nach dem sich die Höhe der Steuern bestimmte. Die Steuern waren in den Verwaltungssitzen der Shires zu verbringen. Nach diesen Verwaltungssitzen waren diese Shires benannt, z. B. Oxfordshire oder Lancashire. Mit dem Einfall der Normannen auf die Britischen Inseln wurden die Shires in die Gebietseinheiten der Normannen gegliedert.
  • Um shire é uma tradicional divisão encontrada no Reino Unido e na Austrália. Um shire pode ser traduzido em língua portuguesa por um condado, de um modo geral. Por exemplo, Yorkshire pode ser traduzido por Condado de York. York é um município no interior da Inglaterra, a caminho da Escócia. Nova York, nos Estados Unidos, recebeu esse nome por ter sido considerada uma réplica do município de York.
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  • Shire
  • Shire (Verwaltungseinheit)
  • シャイア
  • Shire
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