Shire (disambiguation)
A shire is a type of region in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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Shire or The Shires may also refer to:
Brands and enterprises
- Shire (pharmaceutical company), a British speciality pharmaceuticals company
- Shire Books, a British publisher of books on history, heritage and antiques
- Shire Foods, a manufacturer of pies, pasties, and sausage rolls based in Warwickshire, England
Buildings
- Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, a building
- Shire Hall, Newport, Wales, a building
Literature
- The Shire, a region in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
- The Shires, poetry collection by Donald Davie 1974
Music
- The Shires (duo), a British country music duo
- The Shire (soundtrack), part of the soundtrack of The Fellowship of the Ring
Names
- Shire (name), a traditional Somali name, including a list of people with the name
- Shires (surname), including a list of people with the name
Places
- Sutherland Shire or the Shire, a suburban region of southern Sydney, Australia
- Shire, Ethiopia, a town in Ethiopia
- Shire River, a river in Malawi and Mozambique
- Shire Highlands, a plateau in southern Malawi east of the Shire River
- Apostolic Vicariate of Shire, a Roman Catholic territorial jurisdiction in what was then Nyasaland Protectorate, Africa
- Shire, Mawal, a village in Mawal taluka, Pune district, Maharashtra, India
- Shire Brook, in South Yorkshire, England
- Shire Country Park, a park south of Birmingham, England
- Shires of Virginia
- New Hampshire or the Shire
Shopping centres
- The Shires, former name of the shopping centre now known as Highcross Leicester
- The Shires Shopping Centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Other uses
- The Shire (TV series), an Australian reality television series
- Shire horse, a large breed of draft horse
- East Stirlingshire F.C. or the Shire, a Scottish football club
- Battle of Shire, a 1936 battle of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
- The Shire, an informal name for various counties of the United Kingdom
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