shire in Finnish

(by extension, informal) The general area in which a person comes from or lives.

(chiefly, historical) An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England) , a county having a name ending in -shire.

(Australia, often, attributive) An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.

(transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.

(transitive) To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties.