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Topic: GEOGRAPHY

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: conté 'area ruled by a count', from Medieval Latin comitatus, from Latin comes; COUNT2

county

 noun
     
coun‧ty S1 W2 plural counties [countable]
PGSG an area of a state or country that has its own government to deal with local matters:
Fairfax County, Virginia
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American Asia Australia bank bay beach bed border(n) border(v) British capital chart Chinese country county course development district down east(n) east(a) east(a) Europe face head -i island Italian Japanese key lake Latin America long. mountain navigation NE nor'- north(n) north(a) north(a) northern point pop. R range reference region regional resource river SE section source south(n) south(a) south(a) top town track up W water west(n) west(a) West western

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