cities and counties

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see city, county.

Meanings

noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see city, county.
  2. pluralplural of city and county

    The State stands divided into local government areas to be known as— (a) counties, (b) cities, and (c) cities and counties, each of which shall be known as a county, a city or a city and county as provided for and set out in columns 1 of Parts 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of Schedule 5.

    2014 Local Government Reform Act 2014, section 12 insertion of section 10(2) into principal act
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