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 area of the administrative county is 805,482 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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 649,352 acres, and that of the administrative county 649,244 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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 Scilly Islands, which form part of the ancient county of Cornwall, without being ranked as an administrative county, are provided with a county council and have separate administration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various