noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ border ( esp. BrE ), coastal , metropolitan , rural , urban ( AmE )
▪
the Welsh border counties
▪ eastern , western , etc.
▪ historic ( esp. BrE )
▪ home
▪
He returned to his home ~ in North Carolina.
▪
London and the home counties (= the counties around London)
▪ native ( BrE )
▪
He was elected MP for his native ~ of Merioneth.
▪ adjacent , neighbouring/neighboring , surrounding
▪
London and its surrounding counties
VERB + COUNTY
▪ represent
▪
She represents the ~ in Parliament. ( BrE )
COUNTY + NOUN
▪ boundary ( esp. BrE ), line ( AmE )
▪
The river forms the ~ boundary.
▪ resident ( AmE )
▪ seat ( AmE ), town ( BrE ) (= where the local government is based)
▪
the town of Sierra Blanca, the ~ seat of Hudspeth County, Texas
▪
Trowbridge is the ~ town of Wiltshire.
▪ commission ( AmE ), council , department ( AmE ), government ( esp. AmE )
▪
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
▪ attorney , clerk , coroner , judge , official , prosecutor , sheriff (all AmE )
▪ chairman ( esp. AmE ), councillor ( esp. BrE ), executive ( esp. AmE )
▪ court , courthouse ( AmE ), jail ( AmE )
▪ hospital , library , school
▪ cricket ( BrE )
▪ championship , match (= in cricket)
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
people who live in this ~