county
Local government area
A county is an administrative division of a state or country, used for local government.
In the United States, counties are the primary subdivision of states, with elected officials like sheriffs and commissioners: The county approved the new zoning ordinance.
In Britain, counties are historical and ceremonial regions as well as administrative units.
County can modify nouns to indicate scope: county fair, county seat, county line.
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
- boardFlat rigid panel
executive · clerk · treasurer · auditor · assessor · recorder · sheriff · services
Trial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
jail · jurisdiction · trial · verdict · sentencing · probate · records · clerk
Line marking a limit
- borderOuter edge or limit
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- seatPlace for sitting
- townshipCounty's smaller division
parish · borough · municipality · unincorporated · area · region · map · survey
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- voterBallot-casting citizen
- registrationFormal recording of participation
election · district · ward · representative · commissioner · races · primary · turnout
government
Authority over a state
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
board · executive · clerk · treasurer · auditor · assessor · recorder · sheriff · services · budget
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
sheriff · jail · jurisdiction · trial · verdict · sentencing · probate · records · clerk · magistrate
boundary
Line marking a limit
township · parish · borough · municipality · unincorporated · area · region · map · survey · adjacent
precinct
Administrative jurisdiction zone
registration · election · district · ward · representative · commissioner · races · primary · turnout · canvassing
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
acreage · homestead · fields · farming · livestock · fair · fairgrounds · extension · agrarian · heartland
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, ocean
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- areasarea, zone, region, sector, district
- Geographic Divisionsstate, district, province, municipality, region
- jurisdictionscity, province, state, municipalities, region
- territoriesprovince, state, region, colony, dominion
countynation
Sovereign political entity
country · federal government · national government · federal · national
countyprivate
Restricted to certain parties
private property · private land · corporate · individual · personal
countycity
Large populated area
metropolis · municipality · urban center · metropolitan area
- count onTrust reliably
- counting onTrusting to come through
- count me inEager agreement to join
- counting downSequential subtraction to zero
- country musicRural Southern folk-pop genre
- counting sheepSleep-inducing visualization technique
country, count, discount, account, counting, recount, counts, countdown, counties