In historical contexts this may be confusing because the Polish term hrabstwo (a territorial unit administered/owned by a hrabia (count) is also literally...

generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Especially in earlier medieval periods the term often implied not only a certain status, but...

end of the 18th century it was established as a magnate town in Bychów hrabstwo, Orsha powiat, Vitebsk Voivodeship. Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom...