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shire

Pronunciation: (shī^ur), [key]
—n.
1. one of the counties of Great Britain.
2. the Shires,the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular.

Shire

Pronunciation: (shī^ur), [key]
—n.
one of an English breed of large, strong draft horses having a usually brown or bay coat with white markings.

Shi•ré

Pronunciation: (shē'rā), [key]
—n.
a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 mi. (596 km) long.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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