| 单词 | county town |
| 释义 | > as lemmascounty town county town n. the town in which the administrative centre of a county is based; cf. shire-town n. at shire n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > chief town of county or district shire-town1459 city1526 county town1626 bailiwick-town1675 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man Ep. Ded. sig. A3 In my trauelling, I came to the Countie Towne. 1700 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 331 There shall be four Grammar Schools constantly kept, at the four countie townes of this Colonie. 1791 G. Washington Diary 30 May (1860) 199 Salisbury is but a small place altho' it is the County town. 1853 F. W. Thomas John Randolph & Other Sketches 136 It was and is a county town, and court was regularly held there. 2000 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 29 Dec. 34 The urban area of Dundalk is larger than any other town in Ireland. It is a municipal borough and the county town and administrative capital of County Louth. < as lemmas |
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