non-metropolitan county
noun[C]
uk/ˌnɒn.met.rəˌpɒl.ɪ.tən ˈkaʊn.ti/us/ˌnɑːn.met.rəˌpɑː.lə.tən ˈkaʊn.t̬i/acounty(=areawithitsownlocalgovernment)ofEnglandthat does notincludealargecity:
（英格兰的）非都市郡Suffolk is a non-metropolitancountyofhistoricorigininEastAnglia,England.萨福克是英格兰东安格利亚地区的一个非都市郡，历史悠久。
Synonym
shire county
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- Forlocalgovernmentpurposes,England(excludingLondon) wasdividedinto 39 non-metropolitancountiesand sixmetropolitancounties, all withcountycouncils.
- Most non-metropolitancountiesretainthe wellknownnames, such as Cornwall, Cheshire, Hampshire, Kent and Norfolk.
- Lancashire is a non-metropolitancountyin theNorthWestofEngland, whichtakesitsnamefrom thecityof Lancaster.
- InWalesthere was not adistinctionbetweenmetropolitanand non-metropolitancounties, and in 1996countieswerereplacedbyprincipalareas.
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- Breton
- city state
- collectorate
- county borough
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- district
- green belt
- metropolitan borough
- metropolitan county
- multi-county
- non-county
- northwest
- out-of-state
- province
- provincial
- regionalism
- sector
- southerner
- upstate
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