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Hertfordshire

(Encyclopedia) Hertfordshire Hertfordshire härˈfərdshĭr, härtˈ– [key], county, 631 sq…

Warwickshire

(Encyclopedia) WarwickshireWarwickshirewŏˈrĭkshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick. Warwickshire is divided into five…

Buskerud

(Encyclopedia) Buskerud Buskerud b&oomacr;sˈkər&oomacr;d [key], county, c.5,725 sq mi (14,830 sq km), SE…

Clackmannanshire

(Encyclopedia) ClackmannanshireClackmannanshireklăkmănˈənshər, –shĭrˌ [key], council area (1993 est. pop. 48,660), 60 sq mi (157 sq km), and former county, central Scotland. Under the Local…

Merionethshire

(Encyclopedia) MerionethshireMerionethshiremĕrˌēŏnˈəthshər, –shĭrˌ [key], former county, NW Wales. In 1974 most of Merionethshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Gwynedd; the rest was…

Longford, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia) Longford, county (1991 pop. 30,296), 403 sq mi (1,044 sq km), N central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Longford. A part of the central plain of Ireland, it has level land with…

Fairfax

(Encyclopedia) Fairfax, city (2020 pop. 24,146), historic seat of Fairfax co., NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1892, as a city…

Ravensberg

(Encyclopedia) RavensbergRavensbergräˈvənsbĕrkh [key], former county, W Germany, now in North Rhine–Westphalia. Bielefeld was a major town in the county. In 1346, Ravensberg came under the control of…

Gotland

(Encyclopedia) Gotland Gotland gŏtˈlənd [key], Swed. Gotlands län, county, 1,225 sq mi (3,173…

Shropshire

(Encyclopedia) ShropshireShropshireshrŏpˈshĭr, –shər [key], county (1991 pop. 401,600), 1,348 sq mi (3,491 sq km), W England; administratively, Shropshire is a unitary authority (since 2009). It is…