COUNTY Definition & Meaning

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county

[koun-tee]

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noun

plural

counties

the largest administrative division of a U.S. state.
Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
the territory of a county, especially its rural areas.
We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
the inhabitants of a county.
It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
the domain of a count or earl.

county

[koun-tee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Obsolete.

count.

county

/ ˈ�첹ʊ�Գ�ɪ /

noun

1. 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
2. ( as modifier )
  county cricket
an electoral division in a rural area
obsolete��the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

adjective

informal��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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of county¹

1250–1300; Middle English counte < Anglo-French ��ǳܲԳ�é, Old French cunté, conte < Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� imperial seat, office of a comes ( count ² ), equivalent to Latin comit-, stem of comes + -��ٳܲ� -ate ³ (or by reanalysis of Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� escort, retinue, originally verbal noun of ��ǳ��ī to accompany, derivative of comes

Origin of county²

1540–50; < Anglo-French counte count ²; -y by confusion with county ¹

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of county¹

C14: from Old French ��ǲԳ�é land belonging to a count, from Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� office of a count, from comes _count ²

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The report fed a rising cry for reform of the three-decade-old Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority that oversees contracting for the city’s and county’s homeless services.

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The Dunkeswell Aerodrome is a former RAF site located in the Blackdown Hills area of Devon, close to the county's border with Somerset.

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An attempted — and unsuccessful — copper theft in Van Nuys caused a widespread internet outage Sunday affecting swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, a Spectrum spokesman confirmed to The Times.

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"I know Blaise will continue to provide the excellent leadership needed to defend our county and keep our people safe," he added.

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On March 3, nearly two weeks after the man’s arrival, a press release went live on the county’s website and pinged in the inboxes of reporters across the region.

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count to ten county agent

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