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. Andy Beshear:

   Floyd County and our brave first responders suffered a tragic loss last night. I want to ask all of Kentucky to join me in praying for this community. This is a tough morning for our commonwealth.

3. Sean Conway:

   I say 80 percent of the oil and gas revenue in the state of Colorado is coming out of northeastern Colorado – Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway, Yuma County, and some of other counties, seventy percent of the K-12 funding is coming off the state lands in Weld County alone. I ’m telling you we are economic drivers.

4. Kendrick Johnson:

   We have not had faith in Lowndes County. We knew what the outcome would be from the very beginning, you can't do an investigation with the same investigators who covered it up. They're not going to uncover something that they covered up.

5. Robert Anthony:

   Ben Sasse says Ben Sasse’s just here to defend the Constitution, but Sarpy County Republicans feel like people are trampling on the Constitution all the time.