• Shire (/ʃaɪər/, also /ʃɪər/) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some of the other other English-speaking...
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    The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works. The Shire is an inland area settled...
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    The Shire is a British breed of draught horse. It is usually black, bay, or grey. It is a tall breed, and Shires have at various times held world records...
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    Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking...
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    Talia Rose Shire (née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrianne...
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  • Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles–based artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His...
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  • Sampson (later renamed Mammoth) was a Shire horse gelding born in 1846 and bred by Thomas Cleaver at Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, England. According...
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  • Shire plc was a UK-founded Jersey-registered specialty biopharmaceutical company. Originating in the United Kingdom with an operational base in the United...
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  • "The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry...
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    Mohamoud Ali Shire MBE (Somali: Maxamuud Cali Shire, Arabic: محمود علي شري; died 1960) was a Somali Sultan of the Warsengali Sultanate. He bore the title...
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    The Hills Shire (known until 2008 as Baulkham Hills Shire) is a local government area in the Greater Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
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  • Shire Books are published by Bloomsbury Publishing, a book publishing company based in London, England, and formerly by Shire Publications Ltd. and Osprey...
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    The Shire of Noosa (/ˈnuːsə/) is a local government area about 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland...
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    Sutherland Shire is a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Sutherland Shire is located...
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    David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. Among his best known works are...
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    Hornsby Shire is a local government area situated on the Upper North Shore as well as parts of the Hills District, of Sydney in the state of New South...
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  • population. It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include...
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  • Shirer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Margaret Peoples Shirer (1897-1983), American missionary Priscilla Shirer (born 1974), American...
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    Perth and Kinross-shire is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review...
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    Evans 2005, p. 120. Shirer 1960, p. 709. Beevor 2012, pp. 70–71, 79. Shirer 1960, pp. 715–719. Shirer 1960, pp. 731–738. Shirer 1960, pp. 696–730. Kershaw...
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  • Shire Airport, also known as Shire Inda Selassie Airport or Indaselassie Airport, (IATA: SHC) is a public airport serving Shire, a city in the Tigray...
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    The Shire of Christmas Island is a local government area encompassing the Australian external territory of Christmas Island. Under the Christmas Island...
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    The Shire Highlands are a plateau in southern Malawi, located east of the Shire River. It is a major agricultural area and the most densely populated...
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    The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville...
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    William Lawrence Shirer (/ˈʃaɪrər/; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall...
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    The Shire of Isis was a local government area located in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, to the south of Bundaberg. The Shire, administered...
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  • Battle of Shire may refer to: Battle of Shire (1936) during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Battle of Shire (1989) during the Ethiopian Civil War Battle...
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  • A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England and Scotland. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within...
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    Ross-shire (/ˈrɒs.ʃaɪər/; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north...
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    The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of...
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