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administrative county

American  

noun

British.
  1. a principal administrative division in Great Britain, usually not coextensive with traditional county boundaries.


Etymology

Origin of administrative county

First recorded in 1945–50

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The area of the administrative county is 365,986 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

The area of the administrative county is 233,984 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Population and Administration.—The area of the administrative county is 443,071 acres, with a population in 1891 of 63,467, and in 1901 of 60,237.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

The area of the administrative county is 1,671,168 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

The area of the administrative county is 479,358 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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