Definitions for County
ˈkaʊn tiCoun·ty

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. countynoun

   (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

   "the county has a population of 12,345 people"

2. countynoun

   (United States) the largest administrative district within a state

   "the county plans to build a new road"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. countynoun

   The land ruled by a count or a countess.

2. 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.

3. countynoun

   A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions, as in traditional county.

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1. Countynoun

   an earldom; the domain of a count or earl

   Etymology: [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]

2. 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.]

3. Countynoun

   a count; an earl or lord

   Etymology: [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]

Freebase(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Region

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1121

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Written Corpus Frequency: #365

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'County' in Nouns Frequency: #336

How to pronounce County?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say County in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of County in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of County in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of County in a Sentence

1. Paula Miller:

   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.

2. Administrator Mike Haas:

   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.

3. Chesterfield County:

   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.

4. 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.

5. Chloe Winant:

   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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