Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chester county

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: chester -coun-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: West Chester.

name

One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Chester.

name

One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Henderson.

Example Sentences

"His district — which covers all but seven eastern Lancaster County municipalities along with Reading in Berks County and parts of western Chester County — was reconfigured to to ^([sic]) drop Berks and Chester while expanding to all of Lancaster County and adding southern York County."

Etymology

Named after Chester, England (Pennsylvania), Robert I. Chester (Tennessee), and possibly after the county seat in South Carolina.

Questions

What does chester county mean?: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: West Chester.
Where does chester county come from?: Named after Chester, England (Pennsylvania), Robert I. Chester (Tennessee), and possibly after the county seat in South Carolina.

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