county town

county town

English

Noun

county town (plural county towns)

1. The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
2. A similar type of town in China.

Usage notes

• If the county town happens to have city status, it is still referred to as the county town, never the county city.
• A few eponymic towns (e.g. Derby, Lancaster, York) are not the county towns of their counties.

Related terms

• county seat

Translations

administrative town of a county

Chinese: Mandarin: 郡首府 (jùnshǒufǔ) Finnish: kreivikunnan pääkaupunki

Irish: baile contae m, príomhbhaile contae m Spanish: please add this translation if you can

similar type of town in China

Chinese: Mandarin: 縣城 (zh), 县城 (zh) (xiànchéng) Finnish: piirikunnan pääkaupunki

Irish: baile contae m, príomhbhaile contae m Spanish: please add this translation if you can