Liverpool

American  

[liv-er-pool] / ˈlɪv ərˌpul /

noun

1. a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.

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Liverpool ¹ British  

/ ˈlɪvəˌpuːl /

noun

1. a city in NW England, in Liverpool unitary authority, Merseyside, on the Mersey estuary: second largest seaport in Great Britain; developed chiefly in the 17th century with the industrialization of S Lancashire; Liverpool University (1881) and John Moores University (1992). Pop: 469 017 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 441 800 (2003 est). Area: 113 sq km (44 sq miles)

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Liverpool ² British  

/ ˈlɪvəˌpuːl /

noun

1. Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. 1770–1828, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1812–27). His government was noted for its repressive policies until about 1822, when more liberal measures were introduced by such men as Peel and Canning

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Liverpool Cultural  

1. City in northwestern England; one of the greatest ports and largest cities in Britain, and the country's major outlet for industrial exports.

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Derived Forms

• Liverpudlian
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Example Sentences

Seven-time Grammy winner Madonna is a regular watcher of Chelsea's men's and women's teams and was at Stamford Bridge in October when the men's side beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Former Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah won the award last year after scoring 29 times to help the Reds win the Premier League.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Hailing from Liverpool, a town in which the sport is to the city what high-school football is to Texas, I made sense of the world through soccer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"I've been the other side - I still remember the goal Chiesa scored at the end of the first game of the season," Iraola said on Thursday, as his appointment was rubber-stamped at Liverpool.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In Liverpool, we’d only ever done one-hour sessions, and we just used to do our best numbers, the same ones, at every one.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell