twenty-six counties
Britishplural noun
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County matches are also now regularly played in England, twenty-six counties competing in 1907.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
The three Ridings of Yorkshire were to have two members each, and twenty-six counties already represented, and in each of which there were more than 150,000 inhabitants, were each to have two additional members.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
Texas produced its array of twenty-six counties; Florida replied that twelve counties were better than twenty-six in a country only one-sixth part of the size.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Verne, Jules
Turner had already exhibited works which ranged over twenty-six counties of England and Wales.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.
The six counties having the largest population have three representatives each; the twenty-six counties having the next largest population have two representatives each; the remaining one hundred sixteen counties have one representative each.
From Elements of Civil Government by Peterman, Alexander L.
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