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

Noun

pl -ties

(in some countries) a division of a country

Adjective

Brit informal upper-class [Old French conté land belonging to a count]

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 1. province, district, shire

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

Translations

county [ˈkauntɪ] n → condado see also district council

county [ˈkauntɪ] n → comté m

county [ˈkauntɪ] n (Brit) → Grafschaft f;

(US) → (Verwaltungs)bezirk m

county [ˈkauntɪ] n → 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. distrikإقْلـيمграфствоhrabstvíamtder Bezirkκομητείαcondadokrahvkond, maakondبخشkreivikunta, piirikuntacomtéמָחוֹזमण्डलpokrajinamegyedaerahhéraðcontea州, 郡시골grafystė, apygarda(Anglijas) grāfiste; (ASV) apgabalswilayahprovinciefylke; kommunehrabstwodistritodistrict; comitatграфство; округgrófstvogrofija, okrožjeokruggrevskap, storkommun, länเขตปกครองil, vilâyet縣графствоبرطانوى ضلع، كاون‍ٹ‍یhạt县