A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
He is living now in his mother's home county of Oxfordshire.
Over 50 events are planned throughout the county.
Synonyms: province, district, shire More Synonyms of county
More Synonyms of county
county in British English
(ˈkaʊntɪ)
nounWord forms: 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
Word origin
C14: from Old French conté land belonging to a count, from Late Latin comitātus office of a count, from comescount2
county in American English
(ˈkaʊnti)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcounties
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
Word origin
ME counte < OFr conté < ML comitatus, jurisdiction of a count or earl < L comes: see count2
Examples of 'county' in a sentence
county
That will be good for us in county cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The gang has assets spread across the capital and into the home counties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Other home counties towns and cities ranked highly in the index.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In five counties half of locals say they have not seen a patrol cop in more than a year.
The Sun (2016)
Did she mean town, county or country?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We ride on a model train set that would happily serve an English county.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has spent the winter playing grade cricket in Sydney as part of his bid to return to county cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They are also unwilling to sign away their rights while key details of how the competition might work alongside county and international cricket have become clearer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They still had enough stamina to win the county championship for the first time in 1961 through outrageous declarations and fine performances.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The use of floodlights in the county championship is also to be discontinued.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The sunrise country or county has a very different attitude to the sunset country or county.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
These recommendations may be applied to an entire county or to identified risk areas within a county.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
It once straddled the boundary of two counties.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He need look no further than his local county record office.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is a country within a county.
The Sun (2012)
The poor relations in many areas between county and district councils are a stark example of this.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the sense of gratitude extends far beyond the county boundary.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is time to give city and county regions the powers and resources they need to promote growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
American county governments continued the practice.
Goddard, Stephen B. Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century (1994)
The proceeds will go towards the first-class counties and grassroots cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Suffolk is one of the few English counties without a motorway.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One welcome upshot is that most counties are now led by home-grown captains and coaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has not yet affected county cricket, but it will.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Age, nickname and number of seasons in county championship?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In both counties, the rural food producers sit alongside a thriving manufacturing and engineering sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In each of the sentences below is hidden an English county.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Thought you were sitting pretty on a 750,000 property in the home counties?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Now the Suffolk county town is giving its old rival a run for its money.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For a lot of people, this is the only way they can follow county cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A former county planner and retired lawyers offer advice.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A county government exercised the power of eminent domain to take a portion of a church's parking lot.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
county
British English: county NOUN
A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
He is living now in his mother's home county.
American English: county
Brazilian Portuguese: condado
Chinese: > 郡英国、爱尔兰的
European Spanish: condado
French: comté
German: Grafschaft
Italian: contea
Japanese: 郡
Korean: 영국, 아일랜드 및 미국에서 자치구
European Portuguese: condado
Latin American Spanish: condado
All related terms of 'county'
county fair
a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock , etc., often held annually in the same place in the county
county jail
the prison of a particular county
county seat
A county seat is the same as a → county town .
county town
A county town is the most important town in a county, where the local government is.
vice-county
any of the geographical units into which the British Isles are divided for purposes of botanical and zoological recording , corresponding wherever possible to county boundaries
county agent
a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
county clerk
a senior local government official
county court
A county court is a local court which deals with private disputes between people, but does not deal with serious crimes .
county family
an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
county police
(in the US) the police of a particular county
county prison
the prison of a particular county
county borough
(in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
county council
A county council is an organization which runs local government in a county in Britain .
county cricket
(in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
county palatine
the lands of a count palatine
Queen's County
a county of central Republic of Ireland , in Leinster province: formerly boggy but largely reclaimed for agriculture . County town: Portlaoise . Pop: 58 774 (2002). Area: 1719 sq km (664 sq miles)
county commissioner
a member of an elected governing board in the counties of certain states of the U.S.
metropolitan county
(in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
Free County of Burgundy
a former region of E France, covering the Jura and the low country east of the Saône: part of the Kingdom of Burgundy (6th century ad –1137); autonomous as the Free County of Burgundy (1137–1384); under Burgundian rule again (1384–1477) and Hapsburg rule (1493–1674); annexed by France (1678)
Chinese translation of 'county'
county
(ˈkauntɪ)
n(c)
郡 (jùn) (个(個), gè)
Co.
abbr
(= company) 公司 (gōngsī)
(= county) 郡 (jùn)
(noun)
Definition
(in some countries) a division of a country
He is living now in his mother's home county of Oxfordshire.
Synonyms
province
the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province
district
shire
(adjective)
(informal)
They were all upper-crust ladies, pillars of the county set.
Synonyms
upper-class
upper-crust (informal)
tweedy
plummy (informal)
radio announcers with plummy voices
green-wellie
huntin', shootin', and fishin' (informal)
subject word lists
See English countiesSee Former English countiesSee Scottish countiesSee Former Scottish countiesSee Welsh countiesSee Former Welsh countiesSee Northern Irish countiesSee Republic of Ireland counties
Additional synonyms
in the sense of plummy
Definition
(of a voice) deep, rich, and usually upper-class in manner