county

Etymology
From, , , from , (French ), from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. , borrowed directly from Latin. Mostly displaced native, whence.

Noun

 * 1) 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 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
 * 2) A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
 * traditional county
 * 1)  A jail operated by a county government.
 * 2)  The land ruled by a count or a countess.
 * 1)  The land ruled by a count or a countess.

Usage notes

 * In US usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis".
 * In British usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". The one exception is Durham, which is often "County Durham" but never "Durham County". An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County".
 * In Irish usage, counties are designated as such, with the word "County" capitalised and preceding the name — e.g., "County Carlow".
 * In Canadian usage, counties are typically designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and usually preceding the name — e.g., "the County of Two Hills". Occasionally, "County" follows the name, as in "Sturgeon County".

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, مُقَاطَعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: паве́т, акру́га, гра́фства
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Eastern Min: 縣
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: cuntea
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, grevskab
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: grafujo,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,  ,
 * French: of the UK, the US and Canada,
 * Galician: condado
 * German:, , , ,  Qark
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: काउण्टी, शहरिस्तान
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: comitatus
 * Latvian: grāfiste
 * Lü:
 * Macedonian: грофовија, округ
 * Middle English: counte
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, grevskap
 * Nynorsk: fylke, grevskap
 * Old English: sċīr
 * Pennsylvania German: Kaundi
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: coonty
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd, siorramachd
 * Slovak: okres
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шаҳристон
 * Tibetan: རྫོང
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, гра́фство, пові́т
 * Urdu: کاؤُنْٹی, شَہْرِسْتان
 * Vietnamese:, quận hạt ,
 * Welsh:
 * Zhuang: yienh


 * Arabic: كونتِيّة
 * Aragonese: condato
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qraflıq
 * Belarusian: гра́фства
 * Bulgarian: гра́фство
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: графство
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 伯國
 * Czech: hrabství
 * Danish: grevskab
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: grafujo, graflando
 * Estonian: krahvkond
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: condado
 * Georgian: საგრაფო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: contae
 * Italian: ,
 * Kazakh: графтық
 * Khmer: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دەوڵەت
 * Latvian: grāfiste
 * Lithuanian: grafystė
 * Macedonian: грофовија, грофовство
 * Middle English: erldom, counte
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: grevskap
 * Nynorsk: grevskap
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: قونتلق
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: کُنْت‌نِشین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: siorrachd, siorramachd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: грофо̀вија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: hrabstvo
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шаҳристон
 * Tatar: графлык
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гра́фство
 * Urdu: شَہْرِسْتان
 * Uzbek:
 * Volapük:
 * West Flemish: groafschap

Adjective

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