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Meaning of "Home Counties" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOME COUNTIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOME COUNTIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Home Counties is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOME COUNTIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Home Counties

Home counties

The home counties are the counties of South East England and the East of England that surround London, not including the capital city itself. No exact definition of the term exists, and the composition of the home counties is often a matter of debate.

Definition of Home Counties in the English dictionary

The definition of Home Counties in the dictionary is the counties surrounding London.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOME COUNTIES

Home Guard

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOME COUNTIES

activities
bounties
certainties
chanties
counties
dainties
guaranties
Mounties
panties
plenties
Roaring Twenties
seventies
shanties
Six Counties
sonties
sovereignties
twenties
twenty-six counties
uncertainties
vice-counties
warranties

Synonyms and antonyms of Home Counties in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Home Counties» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOME COUNTIES

Find out the translation of Home Counties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Home Counties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Home Counties» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

首页县
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Home Counties
570 millions of speakers

English

Home Counties
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

होम काउंटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنزل المقاطعات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Главная Округа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Home Counties
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোম কাউন্টিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Home Counties
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Negeri Rumah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Home Counties
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホームカウンティー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

홈 카운티
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaca Ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà quận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகப்பு கவுண்டிகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होम काउंटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ana Sayfa İlçeler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Home Counties
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Strona główna Powiaty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Головна Округа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Acasa Judete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αρχική κομητείες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Home Counties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Home Counties
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

home Counties
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Home Counties

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOME COUNTIES»

The term «Home Counties» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOME COUNTIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Home Counties» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Home Counties» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Home Counties

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOME COUNTIES»

Discover the use of Home Counties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Home Counties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Report on the Municipal Library System of London and the ...
Library Association. London and Home Counties Branch. THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES BRANCH) REPORT ON THB LIBRARY SYSTEM OF LONDON and the HOME COUNTIES i9£9 General Editor  ...
Library Association. London and Home Counties Branch, 1961
2
Holidays in Home Counties
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Edward Walford, 2010
3
Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps ...
Sussex Engineer Volunteers, Fortress & Railway Forces RE formed 24 May 1 890 1908 — Home Counties Divisional Telegraph Company RE 191 1 — Home Counties Divisional Signal Company RE 1914 - 1st Home Counties Divisional ...
Cliff Lord, Chris Lord, Graham Watson, 2012
4
Ancient Church Chests and Chairs in the Home Counties Round ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Fred Roe, 2011
5
Dictionary of Surrey English
Social structures in the south of England have created an environment where fewer and fewer people live in central London, with the central business district populated during the working day by commuters from the Home Counties, ...
Graeme Davis, 2007
6
Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
... Anglian Divisional Signal Company RE Services East Anglian Divisional Transport and Supply Column ASC 1st, 2nd, and 3rd East Anglian Divisional Field Ambulances RAMC East Anglian Clearing Hospital RAMC Home Counties Division: ...
Richard A Rinaldi, 2008
7
Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles
... A.S.C.,40 HillheadHighSchool O.T.C.,157 Home Counties Brigades,R.F.A., 48 Home Counties Casualty Clearing Station, R.A.M.C., 38 Home Counties Divisional Company, A.S.C.,40 Home Counties Divisional Engineers, 43 Home Counties ...
Ray Westlake, 1998
8
Choosing Futures
Gaining self-confidence was more important for parents choosing the Home Counties South Girls' School, and extra-curricular activities were more important for parents choosing the Southern Co-educational school. Factors which emerged as ...
Nicholas Foskett, Jane Hemsley-Brown, 2002
9
A Social History of Company Law: Great Britain and the ...
north, were as sorely affected by the decline in available railway investments as were their Home Counties counterparts. Even if one were to accept the thesis as to the heavy involvement of Home Counties investors in railway projects it should  ...
Professor Rob McQueen, 2013
10
Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750–1830
Table 5.5 St Luke's Hospital — curable admissions by placy of origin, 1751–1820 Years London area % Home counties % Out counties % 1751–60 429 58.6 198 27 105 14.3 1761–70 553 57 258 26.7 158 16.3 1771–70 653 57.2 294 25.7 ...
Leonard Smith, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOME COUNTIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Home Counties is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Resort on insolvency listings - Lytham St Annes Express
... other end of the spectrum, the places where people were least likely to be declared insolvent in 2014 were in London or the Home Counties. «Lytham Today, Jul 15»
2
SummerTyne Americana Festival at the Sage Gateshead: All you …
Sunday night offers the UK country duo, The Shires. The duo – Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes – are from the Home Counties and maintain a ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
3
Hutchings, Harris and Frank join Madison & Sportline
Robert Frank is the new Parts & Accessories Sales Agent for London and the Home Counties. Formerly of Zyro, Robert is well known ... «Bike Biz, Jul 15»
4
Standard Digital News - Kenya : Teachers Service Commision (TSC …
... interested in theprimary school slots have been asked to submit their documents to the TSC county director in their home counties. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
5
Teachers Service Commision (TSC) lists how counties will share …
... interested in theprimary school slots have been asked to submit their documents to the TSC county director in their home counties. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
6
Athletics: Young stars impress to set standard at Gateshead …
This result also sees her selected to represent England in the Home Counties Schools International on Saturday in Scotland. She said: "I am ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
7
The machines are taking over, and they've even got human names
... came along six months ago – and is particularly proud of their mock Tudor semi in the Home Counties. It's all a load of nonsense, of course. «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Purdy snapped up in £8m deal
... staff, provides maintenance services to more tha 30,000 properties located throughout London, the Home Counties and South East England. «Insider Media, Jul 15»
9
Growth and the environment are perfectly compatible – and the UK …
... how we control it, if we are not to end up living in a world that makes the landscape of Mad Max look, by comparison, like the Home Counties. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
Working class pride at Durham miners' gala proves David …
Cameron is as unwelcome a viceroy from the Conservative Home Counties in North East England as he is in much of a divided nation. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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