Definitions for Counties
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1. countiesnoun

   Plural form of county.

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1. counties

   A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount. Literal equivalents in other languages, derived from the equivalent of "count", are now seldom used officially, including comté, contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, graafschap, and zhupa in Slavic languages; terms equivalent to commune/community are now often instead used. When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. The Saxons had already established the districts that became the historic counties of England, calling them shires; many county names derive from the name of the county town (county seat) with the word shire added on: for example, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. The Anglo-Saxon terms earl and earldom were taken as equivalent to the continental terms "count" and "county" under the conquering Normans, and over time the two blended and became equivalent. Further, the later-imported term became a synonym for the native Old English word sċīr ([ʃiːr]) or, in Modern English, shire – an equivalent administrative division of the kingdom. The term "county" evolved, consequently, to designate a level of local administration that was immediately beneath a national government, within a unitary (non-federal) system of government. County later also became used differently in some federal systems of government, for a local administrative division subordinate to a primary subnational entity, such as a Province (e.g. Canada) or a level 3 territorial unit (NUTS 3). In the United States and Canada, founded 600 years later on the British traditions, counties are usually an administrative division set by convenient geographical demarcations, which in governance have certain officeholders (for example sheriffs and their departments) as a part of the state and provincial mechanisms, including geographically common court systems.A county may be further subdivided into districts, hundreds, townships or other administrative jurisdictions within the county. A county usually, but not always, contains cities, towns, townships, villages, or other municipal corporations, which in most cases are somewhat subordinate or dependent upon county governments. Depending on the nation, municipality, and local geography, municipalities may or may not be subject to direct or indirect county control — the functions of both levels are often consolidated into a city government when the area is densely populated.Outside English-speaking countries, an equivalent of the term county is often used to describe subnational jurisdictions that are structurally equivalent to counties in the relationship they have with their national government; but which may not be administratively equivalent to counties in predominantly English-speaking countries.

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1. Counties

   of County

How to pronounce Counties?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Counties in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Counties in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Counties in a Sentence

1. Sven Spichiger:

   This new report continues to underscore how important public reporting is for all suspected invasive species, but especially Asian giant hornet, we’ll now be setting traps in the area and encouraging citizen scientists to trap in Snohomish and King counties.

2. Bo Dorough:

   What we have to do is take precautions today, immediately to eliminate further, unnecessary spread of the virus, this is a problem we know we have in Albany and Dougherty County but if we don't do something about Dougherty County and our partners in surrounding counties don't do something about it health systems throughout southwest Georgia are going to be overwhelmed just like Phoebe Putney.

3. Greg Abbott:

   Texas continues to step up to confront the border crisis in the federal government's absence, but more must be done, by declaring a state of disaster in these counties, Texas will have more resources and strategies at our disposal to protect landowners and enforce all federal and state laws to combat criminal activities stemming from the border crisis. Working together with local law enforcement, the state will continue to take robust and meaningful action to keep our communities safe.

4. Rick Scott:

   The people of Florida deserve fairness and transparency, and the supervisors are failing to give it to us, every Floridian should be concerned there may be rampant fraud happening in Palm Beach and Broward County counties.

5. Alex Matthews:

   Many of the counties that have, like, really high vaccination rates also scored well on our food nutrition category. And those two things don't seem related( at first), what ends up happening is, years down the line when the public health authorities come to you and say,' Hey, we need you to wear masks' or' Hey, we need you to get this shot,' you think to yourself,' Well, of course. These people are invested in my health ; they've been investing in it every day. So I'm going to listen to them, and I'm going to trust them.'.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Counties
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Counties