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Definitions for County

[1] the largest administrative division of a U.S. state: Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
[2] one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
[3] one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
[4] the territory of a county, especially its rural areas: We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
[5] the inhabitants of a county: It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
[6] the domain of a count or earl.
[7] count2.
[8] 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 (as modifier ) county cricket
[9] NZ an electoral division in a rural area
[10] obsolete the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl
[11] 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

Words related to County

division, constituency, canton, shire

Words nearby County

countryside, countryside agency, countrywide, countrywoman, countship, county, county agent, county board, county borough, county clerk, county commissioner

Origin of County

21540–50; < Anglo-French counte count2; -y by confusion with county1

Word origin for County

C14: from Old French conté land belonging to a count, from Late Latin comitātus office of a count, from comes count ²

Synonyms for County

canton, constituency, division, shire