county
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Од Средњи Енглески countee, counte, conte, од Anglo-Norman counté, Стари Француски conté (French comté), од Латински comitātus (“jurisdiction of a count”), од comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Шпански condado (“county”) и Италијански contea (“county”). Дублети of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native Стари Енглески sċīr, whence Modern English shire.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) МФА(кључ): /ˈkaʊnti/
Audio (US): (file) - Риме: -aʊnti
Noun
county (countable and uncountable, plural counties)
- An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
- A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
- (US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
- He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.
- (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
Usage notes
- In US usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis".
- In British and Irish usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". Exceptions are; Durham, which is often "County Durham" (but never "Durham County"); and the counties of Ireland. An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County".
- In Canadian usage, counties are typically designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and usually preceding the name — e.g., "the County of Two Hills". Occasionally, "County" follows the name, as in "Sturgeon County".
Derived terms
- 32-county
- another county heard from
- city and county
- county borough
- county boundary
- county court
- county cricket
- county fair
- County Gates
- countyhood
- county palatine
- county seat
- county town
- countywide
- Home Counties
- home county
- intercounty
- Norfolk County
- Orangeburg County
- Sharkey County
- Six Counties
- traditional county
- tricounty
- Twenty-Six Counties
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
land ruled by a count or countess
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administrative region of various countries
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See also
Adjective
county (comparative more county, superlative most county)
- Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
- 1886, Andrew Lang, The Mark of Cain:
- Now, in the district around Chipping Carby, the County Families are very County indeed, few more so.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
- She was a tall girl and county, with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.
- 2007, Heather Julien, Gender and Literacy in Britain, 1847--1987, →ISBN:
- The other two, like many of her characters, have fallen on harder times: Joan's family has recently lost her father, a small flour-mill owner -- described by a supporter as more "county" than the upstart newcomers who covet their property ...
- 2015, Kate Macdonald, Novelists Against Social Change: Conservative Popular Fiction, 1920-1960, →ISBN:
- Susan Dean realises that her secretary, Eleanor Grantly, is much more county than she ever will be, because Eleanor knows all the Barsetshire family connections and is connected herself.