Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

traditional county

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables
tra-di-tion-al -coun-ty
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A county without direct administrative functions. e.g. Yorkshire, Perthshire, Dublin or Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

noun

any of the historic divisions of Great Britain no longer used for administrative purposes in favour of ceremonial counties and administrative counties

British usage

noun

any of the historical sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation, local government, and sport.

Usage

Inflected Forms

traditional counties (plural)

Questions

What does traditional county mean?
A county without direct administrative functions. e.g. Yorkshire, Perthshire, Dublin or Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

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