county

［美］县（州以下最大的行政区）

（=shire）[英]郡； 郡中社交频繁的阶层； 全郡居民

（中国等国的）县

（中国西藏自治区的）宗

county

any of the administrative or geographic subdivisions of certain states, esp any of the major units into which England and Wales are or have been divided for purposes of local government.(as modifier)

an electoral division in a rural area

the lands under the jurisdiction of a count or earl

having the characteristics and habits of the inhabitants of country houses and estates, esp an upper-class accent and an interest in horses, dogs, etc