Shire
/ʃaɪə(ɹ)/
noun
Physical area administered by a sheriff.
Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
“Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.”
The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
“When are you coming back to the shire?”
verb
To (re)constitute as one or more shires or counties.
“County Longford was shired in 1586”