county town in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.county <pl counties> [Am ˈkaʊn(t)i, Brit ˈkaʊnti] N county

II.county [Am ˈkaʊn(t)i, Brit ˈkaʊnti] ADJ Brit inf

town [Am taʊn, Brit taʊn] N

1. town C or U:

town (in general)
ciudad f
town (smaller)
pueblo m
town (smaller)
población f
to go into town (from outside)
ir a la ciudad
to go into town (from suburb)
ir al centro
in town (not outside)
en la ciudad
in town (in center)
en el centro
it's the best hotel in town
es el mejor hotel de la ciudad
he's the biggest liar in town
es de lo más mentiroso
I've lived all my life in towns
siempre he vivido en ciudad(es)
they live out of town
viven en las afueras
she's out of town at the moment
está de viaje en este momento
an out-of-town person
una persona de fuera
the next day the news was all over town
al día siguiente lo sabía la ciudad entera
to go out on the town, to have a night on the town
ir or salir de juerga
to go to town on sth
tirar la casa por la ventana
to go to town on sth
no reparar en gastos
to paint the town red
irse de juerga
to paint the town red attr dweller/life
de la ciudad
to paint the town red attr dweller/life
urbano

county town in the PONS Dictionary

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Each "jude" has a capital or county town where local and national institutions are headquartered.
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Each county or shire had a county town as its administrative centre and was divided into individual parishes that were defined along ecclesiastic boundaries.
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Battalion headquarters would usually be located in the county town, but not always as some counties had two battalions.
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These counties are typically (though not always) named after their county town.
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It had a population of 549,500 in 2010, of which 104,200 lives in the county town.
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Most of the counties were named after a town in that county (commonly referred to as a county town); usually an administrative centre.
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County elections took place at a single place of election, which was usually the county town or a large town.
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The development of the county town was interrupted by a huge fire, which destroyed three quarters of the city.
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