county town

Noun

 * 1) The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
 * 2) A similar type of town in China.
 * 1) A similar type of town in China.

Usage notes

 * If the county town happens to have city status, it is still referred to as the county town, never the county city.
 * A few eponymic towns (e.g. Buckingham, Derby, Lancaster, York) are not the county towns of their counties.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 郡首府
 * Finnish: kreivikunnan pääkaupunki
 * French: (in France)
 * Irish: baile contae, príomhbhaile contae
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, länshuvudstad
 * Welsh: tref sirol


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: piirikunnan pääkaupunki
 * Irish: baile contae, príomhbhaile contae
 * Spanish: