COUNTY

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does county mean? 

• COUNTY (noun)
  The noun COUNTY has 2 senses:

1. a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
2. the largest administrative district within a state

  Familiarity information: COUNTY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTY (noun)

Meaning:

A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the county has a population of 12,345 people

Hypernyms ("county" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Meronyms (parts of "county"):

county courthouse; county seat (the town or city that is the seat of government for a county)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "county"):

Home Counties (the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded)

Instance hyponyms:

West Sussex (a county in southern England on the English Channel)

Leicester; Leicestershire (a largely agricultural county in central England)

Lincolnshire (an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea)

Northumberland (the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall))

Surrey (a county in southeastern England on the Thames)

North Yorkshire (a county in northern England)

West Yorkshire; South Yorkshire (a metropolitan county in northern England)

Northamptonshire (a county is central England)

Sussex (a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century)

East Sussex (a county in southern England on the English Channel)

Somerset (a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel)

Avon (a county in southwestern England)

Berkshire (a county in southern England)

Cornwall (a hilly county in southwestern England)

Cumbria (a county of northwestern England)

Devon; Devonshire (a county in southwestern England)

Essex (a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary)

Gloucestershire (a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley)

Hampshire (a county of southern England on the English Channel)

Hertfordshire (a county in southern England)

Kent (a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans)

Isle of Wight; Wight (an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel)

Meaning:

The largest administrative district within a state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the county plans to build a new road

Hypernyms ("county" is a kind of...):

administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)