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• The Shire —  / Shire    The chief dwelling place of Hobbits in the west of Eriador.        The land of Hobbits west of the Brandywine.    At the end of the Third Age, the Shire was the most populous country of the Hobbits in the north of Middle earth. It was …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• The Shire — FC East Stirlingshire Voller Name East Stirlingshire Football Club Gegründet 1881 Stadion Firs Park …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Knight of the shire — Shire Shire, n. [AS. sc[=i]re, sc[=i]r, a division, province, county. Cf. {Sheriff}.] 1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hobbits of the Shire —    The inhabitants of the Land of the Halflings.    The Hobbits who lived in the Shire, the land between the White Downs and the River Brandywine. They are more often referred to as the Shirehobbits or, especially, the Shire folk …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• Mayor of the Shire —    The highest office of the Shire hobbits.    A common form of the title Mayor of Michel Delving; a position of considerable influence among the Hobbits of the Shire …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• Thain of the Shire —    Title of the Oldbucks and the Tooks.    The largely honorary title of the military leader of the Shire. The first Shire thain was Bucca of the Marish, and the title was held by eleven of his descendants the Oldbucks until their removal across… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• Knights of the Shire — In English and Welsh politics from mediaeval times until the Representation of the People Act 1884, Knights of the Shire were representatives of counties sent to advise the government of the day.The precursor to the English parliamentary system… …   Wikipedia

• Mayor of the Shire — Middle earth portal In the literary works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Mayor of the Shire, is the sole elected office of the Shire at the time of the War of the Ring. The mayor lives in Michel Delving, which is at this time The Shire s largest town… …   Wikipedia

• knight of the shire — noun (plural knights of the shire) Etymology: Middle English 1. : a knight selected by the freeholders to represent a shire in the House of Commons especially in medieval times the knight of the shire was the connecting link between the baron and …   Useful english dictionary

• Southfarthing of the Shire —  / Southfarthing    One of the divisions of the Shire.        The southern lands of the Shire hobbits.    The warmer southern farthing of the Shire, with its chief town being Longbottom. This was the region where most of the Shire s tobacco… …   J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth glossary

• Council of the Shire of Wakool — Infobox Australian Place | type = lga name = Shire of Wakool state = nsw caption = Location in New South Wales pop = 4,837 density = 1.55 area = 7520 est = seat = Moulamein (Tualka Terrace) mayor = Rod Chalmers region = Riverina url =… …   Wikipedia