The counties of England; Monmouth and Wales: Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught; and the States of America.
O'Brian, Patrick TESTIMONIES
Previously, Nepal had been divided into small principalities on the lines of English and Scottish counties.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS
`Large parts of the northern counties, from Derbyshire to Northumberland.
Lewis, Roy A TROUT IN THE MILK
All related terms of 'counties'
county
A county is a region of Britain , Ireland , or the USA which has its own local government.
viscounty
→ viscountcy
Home Counties
The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
Six Counties
the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
vice-counties
any of the geographical units into which the British Isles are divided for purposes of botanical and zoological recording , corresponding wherever possible to county boundaries
counties palatine
the lands of a count palatine
twenty-six counties
the counties of the Republic of Ireland
vice-county
any of the geographical units into which the British Isles are divided for purposes of botanical and zoological recording , corresponding wherever possible to county boundaries
county palatine
the lands of a count palatine
metropolitan county
(in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986