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county

coun·ty [ kówntee ] (plural coun·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. local government area: a unit of local government and one of the administrative subdivisions that the states of the United States and, excepting major cities, all of England and Wales are divided into

2. people of county: the people who live in a county

[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman counté< Latin comitatus "group of companions" < comit- "companion"]
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