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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 654,825 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Its area is 238,048 acres, and that of the administrative county of Cambridge 315,171 acres.

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

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 area of the administrative county is 652,272 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

The area of the administrative county is 469,301 acres.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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