county

Meaning

Noun

1. 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 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
2. A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
3. (slang) A jail operated by a county government.
4. The land ruled by a count or a countess.

Adj

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkaʊnti/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Two state highways cross Banner County .

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

San Juan County borders Arizona , Colorado , and New Mexico at the Four Corners .

It is northwest of Wellington , the county seat , and east of Hedley .

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

It is named after the town of Bridgwater in the English county of Somerset .

The village is situated approximately north-west from the city and county town of Lincoln .

One of the council members were worried about Norfolk County becoming " industrialized " and " unnatural .