Home › Words › C › countyhoodcountyhoodcountyhood · noun — the state of being a county.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom county + -hood.nounThe state of being a county.e.g.“The proposers of countyhood for the Bronx are either unintelligent or insincere when they say that the autonomy of that borough would separate it from Tammany Hall.” — 1911 December 8, “Countyhood for the Bronx”, in The New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cityhood 68% match — The status or period of being a city. vs countyhood →countylike 67% match — Resembling or characteristic of a county. vs countyhood →countryhood 64% match — Nationhood: the property of being an independent country. vs countyhood →countian 63% match — An inhabitant of a specified county. vs countyhood →districthood 63% match — The state of being a district. vs countyhood →boroughhood 63% match — The state of being a borough vs countyhood →colonyhood 62% match — The state of being a colony. vs countyhood →county 61% match — The land ruled by a count or a countess. vs countyhood →