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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County seat (redirect from Shire town)
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 (horse) (redirect from Mammoth (shire))
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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List of two-tier counties of England (redirect from List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population)
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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