SHIRES Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word shires. (close relations)
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| counties | nounn | |||||
noun • (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government • (United States) the largest administrative district within a state | ||||||
| districts | nounn | |||||
noun • a region marked off for administrative or other purposes verb • regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | ||||||
| divisions | nounn | |||||
noun • an army unit large enough to sustain combat • one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole • the act or process of dividing • an administrative unit in government or business • discord that splits a group • a league ranked by quality • (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category • (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum • a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings • a group of ships of similar type • an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed • the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | ||||||
| regions | nounn | |||||
noun • the extended spatial location of something • a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve • a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth • the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') • a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about | ||||||
| shire horse | nounn | |||||
noun • British breed of large heavy draft horse | ||||||
