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historic counties

historic counties is the plural of historic county.

Meaning of historic county

Noun

historic county (plural historic counties)

  1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans.
  2. (historical) Any of various areas in Ireland, separate from the counties corporate, that existed in some of the larger towns and cities.
  3. (historical) Any of the principal local government divisions of Scotland until 1975.
  4. (historical) Any of the ancient subdivisions of Wales.

Questions about historic counties

What is historic counties the plural of?
Historic counties is the plural of historic county.

Words near historic counties in the dictionary

  1. historians
  2. historiaster
  3. historiasters
  4. historiated
  5. historic
  6. historic counties
  7. historic county
  8. historic criticism
  9. historic district
  10. historic districts
  11. historic present

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Adapted from Wiktionary: historic counties (page history and authors); historic county (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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