Synonyms for county
ˈkaʊn ticoun·ty

Princeton's WordNet

1. countynoun

   (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

   "the county has a population of 12,345 people"

2. countynoun

   (United States) the largest administrative district within a state

   "the county plans to build a new road"

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1. • Administrative District
   • Region

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1. countynoun

   Synonyms:
   shire

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1. countynoun

   Synonyms:
   shire

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1. List of paraphrases for "county":

   shire, comté, governorate, counties, prefecture, lofa, governate, megyei, province, district, riding, township, governorates

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1. Shevrin Jones:

   There has to be a better way in how we are administrating when it comes to the election process, especially now, we are 48 hours after the election and we are in a total cluster mess-up. It's unfortunate that we are in this situation again -- Broward County is the laughingstock of the country.

2. Jessica Vaughan:

   Montgomery County is not Montgomery County, but Montgomery County’s pretty bad, when Northern Virginia cracked down around 2005 from 2011, many illegals moved to Montgomery County, where they knew they would be treated more leniently.

3. Kay Ivey:

   There has been significant damage tonight in parts of Alabama. We are sending state resources to those affected areas, especially to Jacksonville and Calhoun County. We will continue to monitor and respond to needs in other areas as needed.

4. Delia Garcia:

   We continue to be concerned about the health, safety and well-being of the individuals remaining on our property and have been working cooperatively with city, county and state officials and local non-profits to increase capacity at local shelters and help create good temporary housing options.

5. Renata Rollins:

   The group’s demands made no sense, they read like they were copied and pasted from some other community’s struggle because whoever penned them had no context for what’s actually going on in Olympia and Thurston County.