county

coun·ty  (kount)

n. pl. coun·ties

1. The largest administrative division of most states in the United States.

2.

a. A territorial division exercising administrative, judicial, and political functions in Great Britain and Ireland.

b. The territory under the jurisdiction of a count or earl.

3. The people living in a county.

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[Middle English counte, territorial division, from Old French conte, the territory of a count, from Medieval Latin comittus, from Late Latin, the office of count, from Latin, retinue, from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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county adj.

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county [ˈkaʊntɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

a.  any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government

b.  (as modifier) county cricket

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) NZ an electoral division in a rural area

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Obsolete the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

adj

Brit informal having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc.

[from Old French conté land belonging to a count, from Late Latin comitātus office of a count, from comes count²]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" county courthouse, county seat - the town or city that is the seat of government for a county region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom Isle of Wight, Wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
	2.	county - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road" administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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county

noun

province, district, shire He is living now in his mother's home county of Oxfordshire.

adjective

(Informal) upper-class, upper-crust (informal), tweedy, plummy (informal), green-wellie, huntin', shootin', and fishin' (informal) They were all upper-crust ladies, pillars of the county set.

Counties

English counties  Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire

Former English counties  Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Yorkshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Westmorland, West Suffolk, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire

Scottish counties  Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde, Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, Western Isles (Eilean Siar), West Lothian

Former Scottish counties  Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banff or Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Glasgow, Inverness-shire, Kincardine or Kincardineshire, Kinross or Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Moray, Nairn or Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross and Cromarty, Roxburgh or Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian, Wigtownshire

Welsh counties  Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan

Former Welsh counties  Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnor

Northern Irish counties  Antrim, Armagh, Belfast City, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Londonderry City, Tyrone

Republic of Ireland counties  Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

Translations

county [ˈkaʊntɪ]

A. N (Brit) → condado m (US) (= subdivision of state) → comarca f, provincia f

B. CPD county boundary N → límite m comarcal or provincial
county clerk's office N (US) → registro m civil
county council, county commission (US) N → diputación f provincial
county court N (Brit) → juzgado m de primera instancia
county cricket N (Brit) partidos de cricket entre los condados
county family N (Brit) → familia f aristocrática rural
county recorder's office N (US) → registro m de la propiedad
county road N (US) → carretera f secundaria
county seat N (US) = county town county town N (Brit) → capital f de condado

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county [ˈkaʊnti] n → comté m
county council n (British) → conseil régional
county court n → tribunal m d'instance
county prison n (US) → prison f centrale
county seat n (US) → chef-lieu m
county town n (British) → chef-lieu m

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county

n (Brit) → Grafschaft f; (US) → (Verwaltungs)bezirk m

adj (Brit) family → zum Landadel gehörend; accent, behaviour → vornehm; occasion → für den Landadel; the county set → die feinen Pinkel (inf)

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county:

county borough

n (Brit) Stadt mit grafschaftlichen Rechten

county council

n (Brit) → Grafschaftsrat m

county court

n (Brit) → Grafschaftsgericht nt

county seat

n (US) Hauptstadt eines Verwaltungsbezirkes

county town

n (Brit) Hauptstadt einer Grafschaft

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county [ˈkaʊntɪ]

1. n → contea

2. adj (boundary, court) → di contea

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county [ˈkaʊntɪ]

1. n → contea

2. adj (boundary, court) → di contea

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county

n county [ˈkaunti]

a large administrative unit of local government in England and Wales and in the United States. distrik إقْلـيم графство hrabství amt der Bezirk κομητεία condado krahvkond, maakond بخش kreivikunta, piirikunta comté מָחוֹז मण्डल pokrajina megye daerah hérað contea 州, 郡 군 grafystė, apygarda (Anglijas) grāfiste; (ASV) apgabals wilayah provincie fylke; kommune hrabstwo distrito district; comitat графство; округ grófstvo grofija, okrožje okrug grevskap, storkommun, län เขตปกครอง il, vilâyet 縣 графство برطانوى ضلع، كاون‍ٹ‍ی hạt 县