county
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county
- /ˈkaʊnti/ UK
- /ˈkuːntɪ/ Northumbria, UK
- /ˈkaʊn(t)i/ US
- [ˈkʰaʊ̯nti] US
- [ˈkʰaʊ̯ɾ̃i] US
Rhymes with -aʊnti
Where it comes from
From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”) and Italian contea (“county”). Doublet of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native Old English sċīr, whence Modern English shire.
noun counties
- The land ruled by a count or a countess. The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders.
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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).
Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the District of Columbia in the capital region, according to the list. […] FAIR says the county is a sanctuary because it tel
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- A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions. traditional county
- A jail operated by a county government. He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.
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adjective more county · most county
- Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county. Now, in the district around Chipping Carby, the County Families are very County indeed, few more so.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: oblast, canton, angeles, township, provinces, suburb, country, cantonal, province, prefectural, precinct, district, conservative, governorate, prefecture, provincial
noun
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Translations
Every language
noun land ruled by a count or countess
| Español | condado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 伯國 /伯国 bóguó |
| Português | condado |
| Français | comté |
| Deutsch | Grafschaft |
| Italiano | contea, contado |
| Ελληνικά | κομητεία komiteía |
| Română | comitat |
| Русский | гра́фство gráfstvo |
| العربية | كونتِيّة kōntiyya |
noun administrative region of various countries
| Español | condado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 군 gun |
| 日本語 | 郡 gun |
| 中文 | 郡 jùn, 縣 /县 xiàn |
| हिन्दी | काउण्टी kāuṇṭī |
| Português | condado |
| Français | comté, département |
| Deutsch | Landkreis, Grafschaft, Bezirk, Qark |
| Italiano | contea, prefettura |
| Ελληνικά | νομός nomós, επαρχία eparchía, περιφέρεια periféreia, κομητεία komiteía |
| Română | județ |
| Русский | гра́фство gráfstvo, о́круг ókrug, уе́зд ujézd |
| Tiếng Việt | quận, quận hạt, hạt |
| العربية | مُحَافَظَة muḥāfaẓa, مُقَاطَعَة muqāṭaʕa |
| עברית | נָפָה nafá |
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title = {county},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/county},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
