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County

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Noun

1. county

(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

Example Sentences:
'the county has a population of 12,345 people'

2. county

(United States) the largest administrative district within a state

Example Sentences:
'the county plans to build a new road'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

County

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noun plural -ties
1. 
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. New Zealand
an electoral division in a rural area
3. obsolete
the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl
adjective
4. British 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

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County

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcounties
1. 
a small administrative district of a country
; esp.,
a.  US
the largest local administrative subdivision of most states of the U.S.
b. 
any of the chief administrative districts into which England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland are divided
c. 
an administrative district in certain Canadian provinces
d. 
an electoral district in rural New Zealand
2. 
the people living in a county
3.  Obsolete
the region governed by a count or earl
adjective
4. 
of, in, for, or characteristic of a county

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

County

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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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