Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cities and counties

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: cities and -coun-ties
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see city, county.

noun

plural of city and county

Example Sentences

"The State stands divided into local government areas to be known as— (a) counties, (b) cities, and (c) cities and counties, each of which shall be known as a county, a city or a city and county as provided for and set out in columns 1 of Parts 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of Schedule 5."

Questions

What does cities and counties mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see city, county.

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