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Collocations for county - noun

ADJECTIVE

border (esp. BrE), coastal, metropolitan, rural, urban (AmE)
the Welsh border counties
eastern, western, etc.
historic (esp. BrE)
home
He returned to his home county in North Carolina.
London and the home counties (= the counties around London)
native (BrE)
He was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth.
adjacent, neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding
London and its surrounding counties

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VERB + county

represent
She represents the county in Parliament. (BrE)

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county + NOUN

boundary (esp. BrE), line (AmE)
The river forms the county boundary.
resident (AmE)
seat (AmE), town (BrE) (= where the local government is based)
the town of Sierra Blanca, the county seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire.
commission (AmE), council, department (AmE), government (esp. AmE)
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
attorney, clerk, coroner, judge, official, prosecutor, sheriff (all AmE)
chairman (esp. AmE), councillor (esp. BrE), executive (esp. AmE)
court, courthouse (AmE), jail (AmE)
hospital, library, school
cricket (BrE)
championship, match (= in cricket)

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PREPOSITION

in a/the county
people who live in this county

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