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county towns

county towns is the plural of county town.

Meaning of county town

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.

Questions about county towns

What is county towns the plural of?
County towns is the plural of county town.

Words near county towns in the dictionary

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

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