county

(Engels)

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkaʊnti/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: countee

Verwant aan Spaans: condado

Verwant aan Italiaans: 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.

Concepten

graafschap

kanton

provincie

comitaat

Synoniemen

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

Zinnen

See article Warwick County , Virginia .

Zie artikel Warwick County, Virginia.

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

Het is de provinciale bloem van het Engelse graafschap Cheshire.

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

Enniskillen is de provinciale stad en het grootste in zowel grootte als bevolking.

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

Het is het op een na grootste graafschap per gebied in Kentucky.

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

Partridge werd geboren in Noorwegen, Maine, een stad in Oxford County.

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

McCreary County is de enige Kentucky County die geen enkele opgenomen stad heeft.