traditional county

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• noun A county without direct administrative functions. e.g. Yorkshire, County Tipperary, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• noun UK any of the historic divisions of Great Britain no longer used for administrative purposes in favour of ceremonial counties and administrative counties
• noun Ireland any of the historical sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation, local government, and sport.