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Where does “-shire” come from?

-shire (English): A combining form used in the names of British...

Definitions

  1. A combining form used in the names of British...

Words derived from “-shire”

  • Derbyshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Perthshire
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Lanarkshire
  • Renfrewshire
  • Dumfriesshire
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Denbighshire
  • Forfarshire
  • Berwickshire
  • Stirlingshire
  • Roxburghshire
  • Banffshire
  • Selkirkshire
  • Kincardineshire
  • Morayshire
  • Peeblesshire
  • Haddingtonshire
  • Linlithgowshire
  • Richmondshire