Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of county
"The new highway project will connect five neighboring counties to improve regional traffic flow."
In plain English: Counties are large areas of land that make up a state and usually have their own local government.
"The population of our state is divided among twelve different counties."
Usage: Use counties to refer to the specific administrative divisions or local government areas within a country, such as those in the United States or England. This term describes the collective group of these distinct regions rather than using it for any other type of subdivision.
Derived from Old French conté, counties comes from Latin comitatus meaning "the territory of a count." The term originally referred to an administrative district governed by a royal official.