Meanings
proper noun
- One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Kingston.
Ulster County saw a smaller, but still dramatic spike in reported cases last year with 419, compared to 351 in 2016. Ulster also largely has seen a decline in the number of annual cases from a high of 778 in 2008 to the low in 2016.
2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021
Origin
Named after the former Irish province of Ulster, the greater part is now in Northern Ireland.
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APA
Ulster County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulster%20County
MLA
“Ulster County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulster%20County. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ulster County,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulster%20County.
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