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Shire
[shahyuhr] 
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county
[koun-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | province or district of area |
| Synonyms: | canton, constituency, division, shire |
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [Definite space] Region. |
| Category: | 1. ABSTRACT SPACE |
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-nouns
region, sphere, ground, soil, area, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; pale (limit); compartment, department; clearing; domain, tract, territory, country, canton, county, shire, province, arrondissement, mofussil, parish, township, commune, ward; wapentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, bailiwick; principality, duchy, kingdom; archduchy, archdukedom., arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, inclosure, close, enclave, field, court; street (abode)., clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.
-adjectives
territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
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