county

IPA: kˈaʊnti

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).
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
(US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

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

Examples of "county" in Sentences

The county seat is the City of Pueblo.
The city is the county seat of Bacon County.
The city is the county seat of Butte County.
The city is the county seat of Crisp County.
The county and the city are the same entity.
Cashier of the city and county is San Francisco.
Cashier of the city and county of San Francisco.
It is the governmental center of the city and county.
It lies southwest of the city of Salina, the county seat of Saline County.
King County now provides animal services for 34 of 39 cities in the county.
In 1898 he started a County Fair to spur the ambition of the Negro farmers of the county.
MIKE ANTONOVICH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR: They want to cash in on this hot real estate market and they want to ship out all of the so-called homeless into other parts of the county.
MOOSE: I would encourage us to remember a few hours ago how County Executive Doug Duncan talked about the mood of the people at the Taste of Bethesda, people at soccer games, people at Little League football, people moving about the county.