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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A town or city that is the administrative center of its county.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The seat of government of a county; the town in which the county and other courts are held, and where the county officers perform their functions.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The city in which the offices of county government are located.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the town or city that is the seat of government for a county

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