- county
- nounADJECTIVE▪ border (esp. BrE), coastal, metropolitan, rural, urban (AmE)▪
the Welsh border counties
▪ eastern, western, etc.▪ historic (esp. BrE)▪ home▪He returned to his home county in North Carolina.
▪London and the home counties (= the counties around London)
▪ native (BrE)▪He was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth.
▪ adjacent, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding▪London and its surrounding counties
VERB + COUNTY▪ represent▪She represents the county in Parliament. (BrE)
COUNTY + NOUN▪ boundary (esp. BrE), line (AmE)▪The river forms the county boundary.
▪ resident (AmE)▪ seat (AmE), town (BrE) (= where the local government is based)▪the town of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
▪Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire.
▪ commission (AmE), council, department (AmE), government (esp. AmE)▪Fairfax County Department of Family Services
▪ attorney, clerk, coroner, judge, official, prosecutor, sheriff (all AmE)▪ chairman (esp. AmE), councillor (esp. BrE), executive (esp. AmE)▪ court, courthouse (AmE), jail (AmE)▪ hospital, library, school▪ cricket (BrE)▪ championship, match (= in cricket)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the county▪people who live in this county
Collocations dictionary. 2013.