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- Dictionarycounty/ˈkaʊnti/
noun
- 1. a territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration: "one of the most attractive towns in the county"
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a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government, or the largest political division of a state in the US: County Antrim. A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas that surround them. Rutland is the smallest county in England. Texas is divided into 254 counties. Fewer examples.
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes [1] in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count ( earl) or a viscount. [2] .
: one of the territorial divisions of England and Wales and formerly also of Scotland and Northern Ireland constituting the chief units for administrative, judicial, and political purposes. b (1) : the people of a county. (2) British : the gentry of a county. 3. : the largest territorial division for local government within a state of the U.S. 4.
County definition: the largest administrative division of a U.S. state. See examples of COUNTY used in a sentence.
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.
A county is a specific region of a state or country. While the United States is made up of 50 states, it also has 3,144 counties. In the US, a county is a separate administrative area of a state — in other words, there is a local government that manages each individual country.
noun. /ˈkaʊnti/. /ˈkaʊnti/. (plural counties) (abbreviation Co.) one of a number of areas that some countries are divided into, each with its own local government. rural counties west of the Mississippi. Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties. the southern/northern counties.
