EGAVE

county

About 57.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The land ruled by a count or a countess.
  2. noun An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).
  3. noun A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
    traditional county
  4. noun A jail operated by a county government.
    He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.
  5. adjective Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

Similar words

oblast canton angeles township provinces suburb country cantonal province prefectural

Often followed by

of and in court council was or to seat

Word family

counties

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