If you live in the UK, how do you identify your local region?

England:

Bedfordshire

Berkshire

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

Cheshire

Cornwall

Cumberland

Derbyshire

Devon

Dorset

County Durham

Essex

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Herefordshire

Hertfordshire

Huntingdonshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Middlesex

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Rutland

Shropshire

Somerset

Staffordshire

Suffolk

Surrey

Sussex

Warwickshire

Westmorland

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

Yorkshire

Scotland:

Caithness

Sutherland

Ross and Cromarty

Inverness-shire

Nairnshire

County of Moray

Banffshire

Aberdeenshire

Kincardineshire

Angus

Perthshire

Argyll

County of Bute

Ayrshire

Renfrewshire

Dunbartonshire

Stirlingshire

Clackmannanshire

Kinross-shire

Fife

East Lothian

Midlothian

West Lothian

Lanarkshire

Peeblesshire

Selkirkshire

Berwickshire

Roxburghshire

Dumfriesshire

Kirkcudbrightshire

Wigtownshire

Wales:

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)

Ceredigion

Powys

Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)

Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)

Gwynedd

Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)

Northern Ireland:

Fermanagh

Tyrone

Londonderry

Antrim

Down

Armagh

I think that's them all! Some are the traditional names that are still used, but some have been revamped over the years e.g In Scotland east Lothian was traditionally Haddingtonshire, but the lists I have given are the most up to date of all the Uk counties as referred to by everyone.... as far as I'm aware!

County names, or region names (not usually matching government ones)

As I live in Swindon, that is in the COUNTY of Wiltshire, which in turn is in the South West REGION.

I think they have counties, same as the US

my hubby and his mates refer to our home area as geordieland.