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Definition of County
1. Noun. (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government. "The county has a population of 12,345 people"
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Specialized synonyms: Home Counties, Avon, Berkshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon, Devonshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Somerset, East Sussex, West Sussex, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Surrey, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex
Specialized synonyms: Isle Of Wight, Wight
2. Noun. (United States) the largest administrative district within a state. "The county plans to build a new road"
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Definition of County
1. n. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.
Definition of County
1. Noun. (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess. ¹
2. Noun. An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. ¹
3. Noun. A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions, as in ''traditional county''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of County
1. an administrative division of a state [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of County
Literary usage of County
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"... Extent of experimental road work 107 Experimental roads constructed in 1910
115 Bureau county, Walnut 115 Cass county, Beardstown 117 Effingham county, ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"Knox county. Reports in hands of printer, Winnebago 1 Maps completed, ...
Cumberland county. No. 8. Edwards county. Maps to be prepared and placed in ..."
3. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"libraries, meaning libraries large or small associated in the county system, ...
Los Angeles county with its enormous area of nearly four thousand square ..."
4. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1921)
"CHAPTER VIII THE CITY AND county OF KENOSHA KENOSHA county The present Kenosha
county was a part of Milwaukee county until 1836, and was included in Racine ..."