county

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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