What does County mean?
Definitions for County
ˈkaʊn tiCoun·ty
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word County.
Princeton's WordNet
countynoun
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
"the county has a population of 12,345 people"
countynoun
(United States) the largest administrative district within a state
"the county plans to build a new road"
Wiktionary
countynoun
The land ruled by a count or a countess.
countynoun
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
countynoun
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions, as in traditional county.
Webster Dictionary
Countynoun
an earldom; the domain of a count or earl
Etymology: [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
Countynoun
a circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire
Etymology: [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
Countynoun
a count; an earl or lord
Etymology: [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
Freebase
County
A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in certain modern nations. Its etymology derives from the Old French term, conté or cunté and could denote a jurisdiction in mainland Europe, under the sovereignty of a count or a viscount. The modern French is comté, and its equivalents in other languages are contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, Gau, etc.. When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. The Saxons had already established the regions that became the Historic counties of England calling them shires. The Vikings introduced the term earl to the British Isles. Thus, "earl" and "earldom" were taken as equivalent to the continental use of "count" and "county". So, the later-imported term became a synonym for the native English word scir or, in Modern English, shire. Since a shire was an administrative division of the kingdom, the term "county" evolved to designate an administrative division of national government in most modern uses.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1121
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Written Corpus Frequency: #365
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Nouns Frequency: #336
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of County in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of County in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of County in a Sentence
The taxes I was paying in Cook County … were getting really insane. My property tax went up $1,000 in one year. And I realized that that trend was going to continue.
The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, we have assembled an internal team to direct the recount, we have been in close consultation with our county clerk partners, and have arranged for legal representation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
He was going up to Union County to do something with those guns ; we don’t know what, we’ve got information that he was moving some of these goods and … we’re looking at his activities to see if he was part of something more organized.
Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau:
That is going to be no cash bail unless it's a murder charge, that's not just in Cook County, but the entire state. People like this will be let go, will be required to be released on their own recognizance.
Alachua County students know that layered mitigation strategies work, if they washed their hands before they touch the material, if Alachua County students keep socially distant, then that's going to allow Alachua County students to keep learning.
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- مقاطعةArabic
- окръг, графствоBulgarian
- comtat, comarcaCatalan, Valencian
- okres, hrabstvíCzech
- sirWelsh
- amtDanish
- County, Grafschaft, Bezirk, LandkreisGerman
- επαρχία, νομός, κομητεία, περιφέρειαGreek
- graflandoEsperanto
- condadoSpanish
- kreivikunta, maakuntaFinnish
- département, comtéFrench
- contaeIrish
- siorrachd, siorramachdScottish Gaelic
- काउंटीHindi
- grófság, megyeHungarian
- կոմսությունArmenian
- contea, contadoItalian
- 郡Japanese
- អាណាស្រុក, ស្រុកKhmer
- دهوڵهتKurdish
- grafystėLithuanian
- grāfisteLatvian
- округ, грофовија, грофовствоMacedonian
- graafschapDutch
- fylkeNorwegian
- powiatPolish
- condadoPortuguese
- județRomanian
- уезд, округ, графствоRussian
- grofijaSlovene
- grevskap, länSwedish
- quận, quận hạtVietnamese
- grafänVolapük
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