noun
: a territorial division in Great Britain often not coincident with the older county and to which the administrative functions but not the judicial and political ones of the older counties have been transferred
noun
: a territorial division in Great Britain often not coincident with the older county and to which the administrative functions but not the judicial and political ones of the older counties have been transferred
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012