Sekirov Dictionary

county

UK /ˈkaʊnti/US /ˈkaʊn(t)i/

noun 4
adjective 1
forms 3

noun4

a large piece of land run by its own council, forming one part of a country or a state
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
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(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
- The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders. — 2018
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(US, slang) A jail operated by a county government.
- He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

adjective1

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Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
- Now, in the district around Chipping Carby, the County Families are very County indeed, few more so. — 1886

forms

counties · more county · most county

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