County - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkaʊntɪ|  American pronunciation of the word county
Brit.  |ˈkaʊntɪ|  British pronunciation of the word county

noun

- (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
the county has a population of 12,345 people
- (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
the county plans to build a new road

Extra examples

Fairfax County, Virginia

Texas is divided into 254 counties.

The party received an average of 55.8% of the county's vote.

They will hang him in the county jailhouse.

He was locked up in the county jail.

Authorities seized the drugs in one of the biggest drug hauls in the history of the county.

Her pie won a ribbon at the county fair.

A local sheep farmer has a booth at the county fair and is selling wool yarn.

...South Dakota's Todd County is coextensive with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation....

...the county and the school district are conterminous...

...the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county...

...some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug...

...trudging over soppy ground at the county fair...

...the superintendence of the local music festival is handled jointly by the city and the county...

The river traverses the county.

Word forms

noun
singular: county
plural: counties
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