Shire

Noun

 * 1) Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
 * Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
 * 1)  The general area in which a person lives, used in the context of travel within the UK:
 * 2) A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
 * 3) A shire horse

Thesaurus
Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, canton, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, government, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, oblast, okrug, parish, precinct, principality, province, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, soke, stake, state, territory, town, township, village, wapentake, ward