Glossary · Geography
County
A division of a country or state with its own local government, such as the 32 counties of Ireland or the counties of England, Texas and California.
In Icillion
In the game, 3 prompts ask about county. 140 answers count in total; the common ones float, and 77 rare ones sink below the surface.
Some examples
Taken from “Name a county of England, historic or current”, the familiar end of the list:
- Kent
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Essex
- Yorkshire
- Lancashire
- Cumbria
- Somerset
- Dorset
- Hampshire
Play it
Nearby in the glossary
How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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