Amter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amt \Amt\, n.; pl. {Amter}, {E}. {Amts}. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.]
     An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into
           several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds.


                                                    --Encyc. Brit.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]