county

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English

A map showing counties of the Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary proper, Croatia and Slavonia), 1886-1918

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aʊnti

Noun

county (plural counties)

1. (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
2. An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
3. A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.

   traditional county

Usage notes

• In American usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis."
• In British usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". The exception is Durham, which is often "County Durham" (but never "Durham County"). An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County".
• In Irish usage, counties are frequently referenced, but like Durham precede the name — e.g., "County Cork" or "Cork" and never "Cork County."

Derived terms

• countyhood
• countywide
• another county heard from
• traditional county

Translations

land ruled by a count or countess

• Armenian: կոմսություն (hy) (komsutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: графство (bg) (grafstvo) m
• Catalan: comtat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縣 (cmn), 县 (cmn) (xiàn)

• Czech: hrabství n
• Dutch: graafschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: graflando (eo)
• Finnish: kreivikunta (fi)
• French: comté (fr) m
• German: Grafschaft (de) f
• Greek: κομητεία (el) (komiteía) f
• Hungarian: grófság (hu)
• Irish: contae (ga) m

• Italian: contea (it) f
• Khmer: ស្រុក (km) (srok), អាណាស្រុក (km) (aa naa srok)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌وڵه‌ت

• Latvian: grāfiste (lv) f
• Lithuanian: grafystė (lt) f
• Macedonian: грофовија (mk) (grofóvija) f, грофовство (mk) (grófovstvo) n
• Portuguese: condado (pt) m
• Russian: графство (ru) (gráfstvo) n
• Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd f, siorramachd (gd) f
• Slovene: grofija (sl) f
• Spanish: condado (es) m
• Swedish: grevskap (sv) n
• Volapük: grafän (vo)

administrative region of various countries

• Bulgarian: окръг (bg) (okrǎg) m
• Catalan: comtat (ca) m, comarca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 郡 (cmn) (jùn), 縣 (cmn), 县 (cmn) (xiàn)

• Czech: okres (cs) n
• Danish: amt (da) n
• Dutch: graafschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: graflando (eo)
• Finnish: maakunta, kreivikunta (UK), piirikunta (US)
• French: comté m (of the UK, the US and Canada), département (fr) f
• German: Landkreis (de) m, Grafschaft (de) f, Bezirk (de) n, (US) County (de) n
• Greek: νομός (el) (nomós) m, επαρχία (el) (eparchía) f, περιφέρεια (el) (periféreia) f
• Hungarian: megye (hu)
• Italian: contea (it) f

• Japanese: 郡 (ja) (ぐん, gun)
• Khmer: ស្រុក (km) (srok), អាណាស្រុក (km) (aa naa srok)
• Latvian: grāfiste (lv) f
• Macedonian: грофовија (mk) (grofóvija) f, округ (mk) (ókrug) m
• Norwegian: fylke (no)
• Polish: powiat (pl) m
• Portuguese: condado (pt) m
• Russian: графство (ru) (gráfstvo) n (e.g. UK), округ (ru) (ókrug) m, уезд (ru) (ujézd) m
• Scots: coonty
• Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd f, siorramachd (gd) f
• Spanish: condado (es) m
• Swedish: län (sv)
• Vietnamese: quận (vi), quận hạt (vi) (occasionally)
• Welsh: sir (cy) f

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: 군 (gun, kun, 郡)