SHIRES
\ʃˈa͡ɪ͡əz], \ʃˈaɪəz], \ʃ_ˈaɪə_z]\
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In 1643 the General Court of Massachusetts Bay colony ordered that the whole colony, which then included the present State of New Hampshire, be divided into four "shires": Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk. In all the colonies the name was used for "county."
By John Franklin Jameson
