county - a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" Home Counties - the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded Avon - a county in southwestern England Cornwall - a hilly county in southwestern England Cumbria - a county of northwestern England Essex - a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary Gloucestershire - a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley Hampshire - a county of southern England on the English Channel Kent - a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; the first to be colonized by the Romans Somerset - a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel East Sussex - a county in southern England on the English Channel West Sussex - a county in southern England on the English Channel Lincolnshire - an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea Northumberland - the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall) Surrey - a county in southeastern England on the Thames |