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administrative county

American

noun

British.

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

Etymology

Origin of administrative county

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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The area of the administrative county is 538,921 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The town of Newmarket, which, although wholly within the administrative county of West Suffolk, is mainly in the ancient county of Cambridgeshire, is famous for its race-meetings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" 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

For each administrative county a county council is elected.

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

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