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county

/koun-tee/US // ˈkaʊn ti //UK // (ˈkaʊntɪ) //

县级,县,县域,县城

Related Words

division划分,部门,分工,分化constituency选区,选区的,选区的情况,区块canton郡,郡县,个州,州shire盾牌,郡主,郡县,盾牌手

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural coun·ties.

    • : the largest administrative division of a U.S. state: Miami, Florida, is in Dade County.
    • : one of the chief administrative divisions of a country or state, as in Great Britain and Ireland.
    • : one of the larger divisions for purposes of local administration, as in Canada and New Zealand.
    • : the territory of a county, especially its rural areas: We farmed out in the county before moving to town.
    • : the inhabitants of a county: It was supposed to be a secret, but you told the whole county.
    • : the domain of a count or earl.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounprovince or district of area
Synonyms
canton郡,郡县,个州,州constituency选区,选区的,选区的情况,区块division划分,部门,分工,分化shire盾牌,郡主,郡县,盾牌手

Examples

  • Another dataset, Dave Leip’s Atlas of Elections, enabled the researchers to evaluate each party’s share of votes per county in midterm and presidential elections.

  • They have traditionally been funded by county resources and depend on volunteers.

  • The city of San Diego can nearly call the shots at SANDAG all on its own, since cities representing a majority of county residents can overrule any decision made by the rest of the board.

  • Ivey, however, like the county, cited the emergency as the reason for not immediately providing records.

  • He wanted the county representative to see this neatly ordered world he created, so that such a program might be brought to other schools districts across California.

  • “Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.

  • As of this afternoon, gay Floridians can get married in Dade County.

  • Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?

  • Kocurek became especially frustrated with a commercial waste facility in Jim Wells County.

  • Sonoma County district attorney Jill Ravitch announced in July that she would not bring criminal charges against Gelhaus.

  • The taxes whether public, county, or parish, were payable in tobacco.

  • He had the land in Tripp County that was broken into winter wheat, while that in the next county east was rented.

  • Better wait till these county nobs have cleared, I suppose—there goes the last of 'em—now for it!

  • A destructive tornado swept over a portion of Lapeer county, Michigan.

  • Samuel Dale, an eminent pioneer in the settlement of the southwest, died in Lauderdale county, Mississippi.

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