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Definitions of counties in various dictionaries:
noun - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
noun - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
noun - an administrative division of a state
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| Down with Dublin, for instance |
| How the firm gets the knots out of places in England and in Ireland |
| Administrative divisions |
| Island encompasses free administrative areas |
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| Jan 19 2015 The Times - Cryptic |
| Sep 14 2011 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Sep 27 2006 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Apr 8 1999 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
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| The U.S. has about 3,000 of these areas, from Abbeville in South Carolina to Ziebach in South Dakota |
| Great Britain is officially divided into these, like Hampshire & other "shire"s |
| Delaware is the only state in which these are subdivided into "hundreds" |
| The Frankish kings divided their lands into these units, each headed by a count |
| Delaware has only 3 of these: New Castle, Kent & Sussex |
| In the U.S. these political divisions employ sheriffs & their deputies |
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| Plural form of county. |
| a territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration. |
| A territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration. |
| Counties description |
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A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes, in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French conté or cunté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount. The modern French is comté, and its equivalents in other languages are contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, graafschap, Gau, etc. (cf. conte, comte, conde, Graf). * When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. The Saxons had already established the districts that became the historic counties of England, calling them shires; many county names derive from the name of the county town (county seat) with the word "shire" added on: for example, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.The Anglo-Saxon terms "earl" and "earldom" were taken as equivalent to the continental terms "count" and "county" under the conquering Normans, and over time the two blended and became equivalent. Further, the later-imported term became a |