County ˈkaʊnti Noun Rural West Mississippi Oxfordshire Neighbouring

• rural counties west of the mississippi
• oxfordshire and neighbouring counties
• the southern/northern counties
• orange county

county

1. one of a number of areas that some countries are divided into, each with its own local government
• SEE ALSO Home Counties
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-home-counties
• rural counties west of the Mississippi
• Oxfordshire and neighbouring counties
• the southern/northern counties
• Orange County
• Originally, county boundaries often followed the course of a river.
• the most dangerous stretch of road in the county
• Most towns and villages throughout the county have experienced a population increase.
• Children from schools across the county will be taking part.
• Public meetings are being planned at various locations around the county.

Extra Examples

• Fairfax County Department of Family Services
• He returned to his home county in North Carolina.
• He was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth.
• London and its surrounding counties
• She represents the county in Parliament.
• The river forms the county boundary.
• people who live in this county
• the Welsh border counties
• the historic county of Westmorland
• the town of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
• The US state of California is divided into 58 counties.
• The pit closures had the greatest effect in the northern counties of England.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French conte, from Latin comitatus, from comes, comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ (in late Latin ‘person holding a state office’), from com- ‘together with’ + it- ‘gone’ (from the verb ire ‘go’). The word seems first to have denoted a periodical meeting held to transact business in the area (the shire).