Countyhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being a county. uncountable

    "The proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall."

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"The proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall."

Etymology

From county + -hood.

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