counties
- 1Plural of county.
The northern counties have struggled with population loss for decades.
Election results varied widely between rural and urban counties.
Note
The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant plus y: the y becomes -ies, as in parties and cities. The plural belongs to the map meanings, such as the administrative regions of Ireland, Canada or most US states, and the historical lands ruled by a count. American slang's county, meaning the local jail, takes no plural. Someone does time in county, never in counties.
counties is a form of county
county, noun: One of the regions into which a country or a US state is divided, usually with its own local government; in some places a traditional area that no longer has one. Full entry
- Forms
- countycounties plural
- Spelling
- county → counties: change y to i, add -es
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