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county

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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.

[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.]

county adj.

county
Noun
pl -ties
(in some countries) a division of a country
Adjective
Brit informal upper-class [Old French conté land belonging to a count]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.countycounty - (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

county
adjective 2. (Informal) upper-class, upper-crust (informal) tweedy, plummy (informal) green-wellie, huntin', shootin', and fishin' (informal)
Translations

county [ˈkauntɪ] ncondado see also district council
county [ˈkauntɪ] ncomté m
county [ˈkauntɪ] n (Brit) → Grafschaft f;
(US) → (Verwaltungs)bezirk m
county [ˈkauntɪ] ncontea

county
n county [ˈkaunti]
a large administrative unit of local government in England and Wales and in the United States. distrikإقْلـيمграфствоhrabstvíamtder Bezirkκομητείαcondadokrahvkond, maakondبخشkreivikunta, piirikuntacomtéמָחוֹזमण्डलpokrajinamegyedaerahhéraðcontea州, 郡시골grafystė, apygarda(Anglijas) grāfiste; (ASV) apgabalswilayahprovinciefylke; kommunehrabstwodistritodistrict; comitatграфство; округgrófstvogrofija, okrožjeokruggrevskap, storkommun, länเขตปกครองil, vilâyetграфствоبرطانوى ضلع، كاون‍ٹ‍یhạt

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"It was only my whim," he said; and, after a moment's hesitation: "It was on account of a discovery I made some little time ago, whilst I was hunting up pedigrees for the new county history.
Pursuing the light so fortunately hit upon, and finding the concurrent testimony of the whole of Mrs General's acquaintance to be of the pathetic nature already recorded, Mr Dorrit took the trouble of going down to the county of the county-widower to see Mrs General, in whom he found a lady of a quality superior to his highest expectations.
New York having but one county of Otsego, and the Susquehanna but one proper source, there can be no mistake as to the site of the tale.
 
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