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COUNTY TOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does county town mean?
• COUNTY TOWN (noun)
The noun COUNTY TOWN has 1 sense:
1. the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
Familiarity information: COUNTY TOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
county town; shire town
Hypernyms ("county town" is a kind of...):
seat (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Holonyms ("county town" is a part of...):
shire (a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county)
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