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county town
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county town
n. Chiefly British
A county seat. Also called shire town.
county town
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the town in which a county's affairs are or were administered
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Noun1.county town - the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
shire town
shire - a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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
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county town n (Brit) → capoluogo (di contea)
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