Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 2 compound words that contain counties. The most common are listed below. Open counties in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- Six CountiesThe six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland.
- Twenty-Six CountiesThe twenty-six counties that form the Republic of Ireland.
- Home CountiesA geographic area consisting of the counties surrounding London, England.
- cities and countiesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see city, county.
- historic countiesplural of historic county: Any of the subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans.
- registration countiesplural of registration county: A statistical unit used for the registration of births, deaths and marriages, for the output of census information.
- traditional countiesplural of traditional county: A county without direct administrative functions. e.g. Yorkshire, Perthshire, Dublin or Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
- metropolitan countiesplural of metropolitan county: A county-level administrative division that covers a large urban area
- collar countiesplural of collar county: A suburban county that wholly or partially surrounds an urban one.
- ceremonial countiesplural of ceremonial county: A definitive geographic region, not generally having direct administrative functions, but having an appointed Lord-Lieutenant. Similar to a traditional county.
- counties palatineplural of county palatine: A county, usually a marchland, whose ruler was granted near-royal authority within its area while still owing allegiance to the realm's king or emperor.
- United Counties of Prescott and RussellA county in the far east of Ontario, Canada. County seat: L'Orignal.
- United Counties of Leeds and GrenvilleA county in eastern Ontario, Canada, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville or Leeds Grenville.
- preserved countiesplural of preserved county: Any of the eight current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty, based on the counties used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996.
- counties at largeplural of county at large: The whole of a county, as distinct from some portion of it
- counties palatinateplural of county palatinate: A county, usually a marchland, whose ruler was granted near-royal authority within its area while still owing allegiance to the realm's king or emperor.
Compound words 2
- subcountiesplural of subcounty: Below the level of a county.
- viscountiesplural of viscounty: The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official