First-level administrative divisions designated County, including the 47 counties Kenya adopted under its 2010 constitution and county-level divisions in other systems. Belongs here: a first-level division named County in its own country's usage. Does not belong here: a county-equivalent sub-unit nested inside a larger first-level division elsewhere, which this atlas does not track as its own state entity.
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Primary AssociationEngland (French/Latin Origin) 1 All County
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1. County - Wikipedia
WikipediaCounty, Norman Conquest sentenceQuote, County, Norman Conquest sentence
There were no such counts in medieval England, and when the French-speaking Normans took control of England after 1066 they transplanted the French and medieval Latin terms to describe the pre-existing Anglo Saxon shires.
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