Words / B1

KOWNT-ee/ˈkaʊnti/

A county is a British-style region used for local government: the county of Kent; county council; county cricket. A state is US or Australian; a district is often smaller; a country is the whole nation. County lines in crime news is a later extra sense (drug networks) — at B1, stay with the region. Do not use county for a city: London is a city; Kent is a county.

Meaning

A region of a country used for local government, especially in Britain.

Examples

• “Yorkshire is a large county in the north of England.”
• “The county council maintains many of the smaller roads.”
• “She plays county cricket for Lancashire at weekends.”

Good to know

British region: county of + name. county council / cricket. Smaller: district. Whole nation: country. US region: state.

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