county

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

counties

1.
(countable, historical, uncountable)The land ruled by a count or a countess.
Đồng nghĩa: countship, countdom
2.
(countable, uncountable)An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).
3.
(countable, uncountable)A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
traditional county
4.
(US, slang, uncountable)A jail operated by a county government.
He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more county

Superlative

most county

1.
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

countshipcountdomhsien xianhsien, xian

Cùng gốc / liên quan

count

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comitātus (jurisdiction of a count), from comes (count, earl). Cognate with condado county and contea county. comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native sċīr, whence Modern English shire.