County

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  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, as in traditional county.

Derived terms

 * another county heard from
 * traditional county

Thesaurus
Kreis, ally, archbishopric, archdiocese, archduchy, archdukedom, arrondissement, bailiwick, bishopric, body politic, borough, buffer state, canton, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city, city-state, colony, commonweal, commonwealth, commune, congressional district, constablewick, country, departement, diocese, district, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, electoral district, electorate, empery, empire, free city, government, grand duchy, hamlet, hundred, kingdom, land, magistracy, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, metropolis, metropolitan area, nation, nationality, oblast, okrug, parish, polis, polity, possession, power, precinct, principality, principate, protectorate, province, puppet government, puppet regime, realm, region, republic, riding, satellite, seneschalty, settlement, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, sovereign nation, stake, state, sultanate, superpower, territory, toparchia, toparchy, town, township, village, wapentake, ward

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: hrabství
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: грофовија, грофовство
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd ,
 * Slovene:


 * Bulgarian: окръг
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: maakunta, kreivikunta (UK), piirikunta
 * French: comté (of the UK, the US and Canada),
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, , περιφέρεια
 * Hungarian: megye


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: грофовија,
 * Norwegian: fylke
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , уезд
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:, quận hạt
 * Welsh:


 * : 군 (gun, kun, 郡)