how to pronounce shire

/ʃaɪəɹ/

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shire is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of shire in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and the shire highlands colonization …”

meanings of shire

noun:

The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
Physical area administered by a sheriff.
A shire horse.
Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.

verb:

To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties. County Longford was shired in 1586.

name:

A surname.

shire frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shire occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.