county

(Anglų k.)

Noun

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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).
3. (countable, uncountable) A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
4. (US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.

Adj

Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈkaʊnti/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: countee

Sutampa su ispanų: condado

Sutampa su italų: contea

In summary

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.

Sinonimai

province

shire

district

subdivision

canton

region

state

territory

earldom

department

municipal

municipality

parish

precinct

prefecture

statute

town

🏙️

township

comitat

admistrative

archdiocese

ecclesiastical unit

borough

circle

⭕

circumference

comitatus

commune

county court

demesne

division

law

Sakiniai

See article Warwick County , Virginia .

Žr. Straipsnį Warwick County, Virdžinija.

It is the county flower of the English county of Cheshire .

Tai yra Anglijos grafystės Češyro grafystės gėlė.

Enniskillen is the county town and largest in both size and population .

Enniskillen yra apskrities miestelis, kurio dydis ir gyventojai yra didžiausi.

It is the second-largest county by area in Kentucky .

Tai yra antra pagal dydį apygarda pagal Kentukio rajoną.

Partridge was born in Norway , Maine , a town in Oxford County .

Partridge gimė Norvegijoje, Meine, Oksfordo grafystės mieste.

McCreary County is the only Kentucky county to not have a single incorporated city .

McCreary apygarda yra vienintelė Kentukio apygarda, neturinti nė vieno įterpto miesto.