county town
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Hub needs leadership, ownership, imagination, and regional thinking, along with a partnership between the state, county, town, Rechler, and future investors.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
The train station in Tralee, the county town of County Kerry, is named for him.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
But not many people know Henry Chadwick, the man who helped oversee baseball's meteoric rise to national prominence, hailed from a county town in the south west of England.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2015
I tried to travel to the county town to lodge a complaint, but the police turned me back.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013
At one we stopped for lunch at one of those inevitable old-fashioned hotels in the main street of a county town.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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