administrative county

American  

noun

British.

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

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Etymology

Origin of administrative county

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The census of 1901 gives as the population of the administrative county 322,334 persons, of whom 149,937 were males and 172,397 were females.

From Cornwall by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

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

Mimms, South, recently included in the administrative county of Herts, has a restored, E. Perp. church, with fine massive W. tower.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

The area of the administrative county is 886,384 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

The area of the ancient county is 164,744 acres, and that of the administrative county 163,025 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various