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coun⋅ty
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[koun-tee] 
ti
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the largest administrative division of a U.S. state: Miami, Florida, is in Dade County. |
| 2. | one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland. |
| 3. | one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand. |
| 4. | the territory of a county, esp. its rural areas: We farmed out in the county before moving to town. |
| 5. | the inhabitants of a county: It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county. |
| 6. | the domain of a count or earl. |
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| coun·ty (koun'tē) n. pl. coun·ties
[Middle English counte, territorial division, from Old French conte, the territory of a count, from Medieval Latin comitātus, from Late Latin, the office of count, from Latin, retinue, from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots.] coun'ty adj. |
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County
Coun"ty\ (koun"t?), n.; pl. Counties (-t?z). [F. comt?, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.] 2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire. Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. --Macaulay. 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. County palatine, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] County seat, a county town. [U.S.] County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.
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Language Translation for : County
Spanish:
condado,
German:
der Bezirk,
Japanese:
州, 郡
county
1292, from Anglo-Norm. counte, from L.L. comitatus "jurisdiction of a count," from L. comes (see count (n.)); replaced O.E. scir "shire."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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county
internal territorial and administrative division in the United Kingdom, United States, and other English-speaking countries.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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