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county town

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Related topics: Geography
ˌcounty ˈtown British English, county seat American English noun [countable]  SGthe town in a county where its government is 郡首府;县首府
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county townNorthampton was another elegant county town and regional market centre and was known far and wide for its horse fairs.Chester, a flourishing county town, had the King's School founded in 1541.Louth's county town, Dundalk, is very near Belfast.Even the smallest county town could become the Mecca of the surplus rural population.Salisbury, quiet cathedral city, the county town of Wiltshire near to which is the village in which Mr Pecksniff lives.Not only was Buckinghamshire small, its inadequate internal communications served to check the evolution of a true county town.
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county town
ˌcounty ˈtown British English, ˌcounty ˈseat American English noun [countable]
the town in a county where its government is


county townBrE /ˌkaʊnti ˈtaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkaʊnti ˈtaʊn/ 🔊 (BrE) (NAmE ˌcounty ˈseat) nounthe main town of a county, where its government is 郡(或县)首府;郡(或县)城