county town

English

Noun

county town (plural county towns)

The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
- 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:
  Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.
A similar type of town in China.

Usage notes

If the county town happens to have city status, it is still referred to as the county town, never the county city.
A few eponymic towns (e.g. Buckingham, Derby, Lancaster, York) are not the county towns of their counties.

Related terms

county seat

Translations

administrative town of a county

Chinese:
Mandarin: 郡首府 (jùnshǒufǔ)
Finnish: kreivikunnan pääkaupunki
French: chef-lieu de département (fr) m (in France)
Irish: baile contae m, príomhbhaile contae m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: residensstad (sv) c, länshuvudstad c (Finland Swedish)
Welsh: tref sirol f

similar type of town in China

Chinese:
Mandarin: 縣城／县城 (zh) (xiànchéng)
Finnish: piirikunnan pääkaupunki
Irish: baile contae m, príomhbhaile contae m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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