WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
admin′istrative coun′ty, [Brit.]
- British Terms, Governmenta principal administrative division in Great Britain, usually not coextensive with traditional county boundaries.
- 1945–50
'administrative county' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Durham
- Ely
- London
- Northamptonshire
- Southampton
- Tyrone
- county borough
- urban district