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English
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun|counties
- Formerly, the land ruled by a count or a countess.
- An administrative region of various countries, including Canada, China, Croatia, France, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions, as in traditional county.
Usage notes
In the United Kingdom they are referred to as e.g. Kent and never Kent County; an organisation such as Kent County Council is the County Council of Kent, not the Council of Kent County.
Derived terms
traditional county
Translations
trans-top|land ruled by a count or countess
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|縣|� (xià n)
Czech: hrabstvà n
Finnish: t-|fi|kreivikunta
French: t+|fr|comté|m
German: t+|de|Grafschaft|f
Hungarian: grófság
Italian: t+|it|contea|f
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Kurdish: KUchar|د���ڵ��ت
Lithuanian: grafyst� f
Portuguese: t-|pt|condado|m
Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd f
Slovene: t+|sl|grofija|f
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trans-top|administrative region of various countries
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|�|� (jùn)
Czech: okres n
Danish amt n
Finnish: maakunta, kreivikunta (UK), piirikunta (US)
French: comté m (of the UK, the US and Canada)
Italian: t+|it|contea|f
German: t+|de|Landkreis|m
Greek: t-|el|νομ��|m|trnomós|scGrek
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Polish: t+|pl|powiat|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|condado|m
Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd f
Spanish: t-|es|condado|m
Vietnamese: quáºn, quáºn hạt (occasionally)
Welsh: t-|cy|sir|f|xs=Welsh
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