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- Dictionarycounty/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"
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Geographical and administrative region in some countries
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French comté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount. Literal equivalents in other languages, derived from the equivalent of "count", are now seldom used officially, including comté, contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafscha... Wikipedia