county seat

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county seat

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Compound of county + seat.

noun county seats

The city in which the offices of county government are located. Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County.
Similar: shire town

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noun city in which the offices of county government are located

中文	縣城 /县城 xiànchéng, 縣治 /县治 xiànzhì
Tiếng Việt	quận lỵ, quận lị

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@misc{county_seat_2026,
  title = {county seat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/county%20seat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}