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Word entry · 6 letters

county

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"Regional district"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaʊnti/Part of speech nounSorted cnotuyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Administrative or geographic district within a state, country, or region.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The first of the principalities of the Low Countries to take clear shape was the county of Flanders.
  • traditional county
  • He can't come; he's up in the county for agg assault.

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