"shire town" meaning in English

See shire town in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: shire towns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shire town (plural shire towns)
  1. The administrative centre, or capital, of a shire Wikipedia link: shire town Translations (Translations): kreivikunnan pääkaupunki (Finnish), Grafschaftshauptort [masculine] (German), stolica hrabstwa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-shire_town-en-noun-MhoGds71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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