ALL meanings of county
coun·ty
C c - countable noun county A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government. 3
- noun county any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government 3
- noun county (as modifier) 3
- noun county an electoral division in a rural area 3
- noun county the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl 3
- adjective county having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc 3
- noun county a small administrative district of a country 3
- noun county the largest local administrative subdivision of most states of the U.S. 3
- noun county any of the chief administrative districts into which England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland are divided 3
- noun county an administrative district in certain Canadian provinces 3
- noun county an electoral district in rural New Zealand 3
- noun county the people living in a county 3
- noun county the region governed by a count or earl 3
- adjective county of, in, for, or characteristic of a county 3
- noun county district 1
- noun county (in the US) a political and administrative division of a state, providing certain local governmental services. 1
- noun plural county the largest administrative division of a U.S. state: Miami, Florida, is in Dade County. 1
- noun plural county one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland. 1
- noun plural county one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand. 1
- noun plural county the territory of a county, especially its rural areas: We farmed out in the county before moving to town. 1
- noun plural county the inhabitants of a county: It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county. 1
- noun plural county the domain of a count or earl. 1
- abbreviation COUNTY count2 . 1
- noun county (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess. 0
- noun county An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. 0
- noun county A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions. 0
- adjective county Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county. 0