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county town

county town noun: the administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.

Noun

county town (plural county towns)

  1. The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
    • Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59
  2. A similar type of town in China.

Forms of county town

pluralcounty towns

Questions about county town

What does county town mean?
County town means the administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
What part of speech is county town?
County town is a noun.
What is the plural of county town?
The plural of county town is county towns.

Words near county town in the dictionary

  1. County of Wyandot
  2. county palatinate
  3. County Palatinate of the Rhine
  4. county palatine
  5. county seat
  6. county town
  7. county towns
  8. county-level cities
  9. county-level city
  10. county-level municipalities
  11. county-level municipality

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