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How to pronounce county
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What does county mean?
nounThe land ruled by a count or a countess.
“The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders.”
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,
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
“traditional county”
adjCharacteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
“She was a tall girl and county, with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.”
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