Tolkien borrowed the word from Old English, where its meaning was roughly the same as the modern english word county or the french word parish refering to a smaller part of a state or country that has its own local government.
'Shire Reckoning' as it was called was adopted and the Shire usage of counting as Year 1 the year of the colonization of the Shire.
Shire of Cambooya was created in 1914.
Shire of Carpentaria was created in 1883.
A reve of the shire was the equivalent of today's Sheriff. A Reve was the appointed official, by the Lord of that SHIRE/County, who carried out the law of the Lord and in some cases, of the realm. Shire Reve = Sheriff.
The area of Shire of Maroochy is 1,162.7 square kilometers.
you may mean "shire" , not hire. it means its up for breeding Its sire. not shire or hire
It is a former administrative division in England, one which was under the governance of a sheriff (which word is derived from shire-reeve).
not shire sorry please improve
The shire horse is named a shire horse because it originated in the shire counties of England.
If You mean the horse with the feathers, i think you mean a Shire horse.
Do you remember the shire?
Hobbits live in the Shire.
Matthew Shire's birth name is Matthew Orlando Shire.
'Shire' is a noun, it doesn't have a past tense.
The Shire is a draft breed.
'Shire Reckoning' as it was called was adopted and the Shire usage of counting as Year 1 the year of the colonization of the Shire.
Matthew Shire was born in 1975.