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   county

   /ˈkaʊnti/

   noun

   • 1. a territorial division of some countries, forming the chief unit of local administration: "one of the most attractive towns in the county"
   • ▪ a sporting team playing for a county: "it is the county's third final in four years"
   • ▪ (in the US) a political and administrative division of a state.
   • ▪ relating to or characteristic of aristocratic people with an ancestral home in a particular county: "a county grande dame"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French conte, from Latin comitatus, from comes, comit- (see count2). The word seems first to have denoted a periodical meeting held to transact shire business.

   Derivatives

   • 1. countywide adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • N

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