shire

Japanese: shire
shire

…a geographical and local administrative unit found in the United Kingdom and many of its former colonies. The name shire was used because the largest local administrative unit in existence before the Norman conquest of England in 1066 was called a county after the conquest. In England, however, although there have been changes in the structure, the unity as a regional and self-governing community, including the sheriff, has remained consistent since the Anglo-Saxon period.

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Japanese:

…イギリスおよびイギリスの旧植民地の多くに見られる地理上および地方行政の単位。1066年のノルマン人によるイングランド征服以前から存在していた最大の地方行政単位であるシャイア(シャー)shireが,征服後ノルマンディ風にカウンティと呼ばれるようになったことから,この名称が用いられ出す。しかしイングランドでは,機構等に変化は見られはするが,その主たる役人であるシェリフを含め,アングロ・サクソン時代以来,地域・自治的共同体としての一体性等に一貫性を持ち続けていた。…

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