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"the county has a population of 12,345 people"noun(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
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"the county plans to build a new road"noun(United States) the largest administrative district within a state
Definition that contains county
- town an administrative division of a county
- sheriff the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
- kent a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
- devon a county in southwestern England
- courthouse a government building that houses the offices of a county government
- township an administrative division of a county
- yorkshire a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties
- hampshire a county of southern England on the English Channel
- essex a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
- shire a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county