County and Town

County

County noun - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state.
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Synonyms for County

Town and county are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Town" instead an adjective "County".

Town

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.
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Synonyms for Town

County and town are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "County" instead an adjective "Town".

Nearby Words: township, townsman

How words are described

original original county original town
single single county single town
small small county small town
entire entire county entire town
Other adjectives: real, large, little, rural, former, fictional, titular, next, different, local, nearby, modern, neighboring, western, nearest, unnamed, southern, suburban, coastal.

Both words in one sentence

  • Spontaneous Choreography Footloose where they do a similar whole school dance and everyone can dance despite being from a town/county where dancing is illegal.
  • Useful Notes / The American Civil War A typical regiment had been raised from the population of a single town or county, so if a soldier ran away or didn’t fight his hardest he’d have to answer for it when he got home.
  • Just For Fun / Ponies with Pikes Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: In remote places where the Guard is not stationed, its duties are mostly done by city/town/county militia ponies.
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