COUNTY Definition & Meaning

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county

[ koun-tee ]

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noun

plural counties.

the largest administrative division of a U.S. state:
Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
the territory of a county, especially its rural areas:
We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
the inhabitants of a county:
It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
the domain of a count or earl.

county

[ koun-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Obsolete.

count ².

county

/ ˈ�첹ʊ�Գ�ɪ /

noun

1. any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government
2. ( as modifier )
  county cricket
an electoral division in a rural area
obsolete.
the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

adjective

informal.
having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of county¹

1250–1300; Middle English counte < Anglo-French ��ǳܲԳ�é, Old French cunté, conte < Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� imperial seat, office of a comes ( count ² ), equivalent to Latin comit-, stem of comes + -��ٳܲ� -ate ³ (or by reanalysis of Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� escort, retinue, originally verbal noun of ��ǳ��ī to accompany, derivative of comes

Origin of county²

1540–50; < Anglo-French counte count ²; -y by confusion with county ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of county¹

C14: from Old French ��ǲԳ�é land belonging to a count, from Late Latin ��ǳ��ٳܲ� office of a count, from comes count ²

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Under the board’s timetable, most of that money, and potentially all of those workers, would be moved into the new county agency by July 1, 2026.

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Research showed that Los Angeles and Orange counties “offered the fewest number of apartments with refrigerators among nearly two dozen large metropolitan areas nationwide.”

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“On behalf of the county, I apologize wholeheartedly to everyone who was harmed by these reprehensible acts,” said L.A.

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Bulley, a truck driver who had also lost custody of Justin, has said the county was careless with his son’s life.

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The transportation, trade and utilities sector is one of the county’s largest employment clusters, with an estimated 830,000 workers last year, according a report by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.

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