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plural - counties; noun(a large administrative unit of local government in England and Wales and in the United States.) condadocounty n condadotr['kaʊntɪ]1 condado\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcounty council SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL ≈ municipiocounty court ≈ audiencia provincialcounty town capital nombre femenino del condadoadj.• aristocrático, -a adj.• comarca adj.• comunidad autónoma (equivalencia aproximada) adj.• condado, -a adj.n.• condado s.m.• distrito s.m.'kaʊntia) ( in US) condado m; (before n)county line — límite m del condado
county seat — cabeza f de partido
b) ( in UK) condado m; (before n)county town — capital f del condado
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Cultural note:
Región administrativa de Gran Bretaña que agrupa un número de distritos ( districts). Los condados son las principales unidades administrativas de Gran Bretaña y muchos tienen demarcaciones que se remontan a muchos años atrás. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, éstas y sus nombres han cambiado mucho, y el término county a menudo ya no se usa. La mayoría de los estados en EEUU también están divididos en condados. Hay alrededor de 3.000 condados en EEUU['kaʊntɪ]1.N (Brit) condado m ; (US) (=subdivision of state) comarca f, provincia f2.CPDcounty boundary N — límite m comarcal or provincial
county clerk's office N — (US) registro m civil
county council, county commission (US) N — ≈ diputación f provincial
county court N — (Brit) juzgado m de primera instancia
county cricket N — (Brit) partidos de críquet entre los condados
county family N — (Brit) familia f aristocrática rural
county prison N — (US) centro m penitenciario regional
county recorder's office N — (US) ≈ registro m de la propiedad
county road N — (US) ≈ carretera f secundaria
county seat N (US) — = county town
county town N — (Brit) capital f de condado
* * *['kaʊnti]a) ( in US) condado m; (before n)county line — límite m del condado
county seat — cabeza f de partido
b) ( in UK) condado m; (before n)county town — capital f del condado
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Cultural note:
Región administrativa de Gran Bretaña que agrupa un número de distritos ( districts). Los condados son las principales unidades administrativas de Gran Bretaña y muchos tienen demarcaciones que se remontan a muchos años atrás. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, éstas y sus nombres han cambiado mucho, y el término county a menudo ya no se usa. La mayoría de los estados en EEUU también están divididos en condados. Hay alrededor de 3.000 condados en EEUU
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