Shire (disambiguation)

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A shire is a type of region in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Shire may also refer to:

Places

Shire River, a river in Malawi and Mozambique
Shire Highlands, a plateau in southern Malawi lying east of the Shire River
Shire, Ethiopia, a town in Ethiopia also known as Inda Selassie
The Shire, an informal name for various counties of the United Kingdom
Shire Brook, in South Yorkshire, England
Shire Country Park, a park south of Birmingham, England
a colloquial term for the American state of New Hampshire
Sutherland Shire colloquially referred to as The Shire, a suburban region of southern Sydney, Australia

Abdisamad Ali Shire, Vice President of Puntland
Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, Somali Minister of Defense and leader of the Juba Valley Alliance
David Shire (born 1937), American songwriter and composer
Mohamoud Ali Shire (1897–1960), 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate (Somalia)
Talia Shire (born 1946), American actress
Shire Jama Ahmed, Somali linguist credited with devising a Latin script for transcribing the Somali language
The Shires (country duo), British country music act composed of singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes

Shire Books, a United Kingdom publisher of books on history, heritage and antiques
Shire (pharmaceutical company), a British speciality pharmaceuticals company
Shire Foods, a manufacturer of pies, pasties, and sausage rolls based in Warwickshire, England

The Shire (Middle-earth), a region in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
The Shire (TV series), a reality television series about the Sutherland Shire, set in the suburban region of southern Sydney, Australia.
Randall Shire, a Marvel Comics character

Apostolic Vicariate of Shire, a Roman Catholic territorial jurisdiction in what was then Nyasaland Protectorate, Africa
East Stirlingshire F.C., Scottish football club nicknamed "The Shire"
Shire horse, a large breed of draft horse
Battle of Shire, fought in 1936 as part of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, a building
Shire Hall, Newport, Wales, a building