Merseyside

[mur-zee-sahyd]

noun

1. a metropolitan county in W England. 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km).

Merseyside

/ ˈmɜːzɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Sefton, Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley, and Wirral. Area: 652 sq km (252 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Few think United will return from Merseyside with three points.

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Joy Longshaw told BBC Radio Merseyside: "I don't mind a bit of psychedelia, but this is a bit much."

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Joshua Hayes, 34, was among 12 members imprisoned after police found three guns wrapped in a tea-towel inside a gap between two walls in a Merseyside flat.

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Merseyside Police said Hayes entrusted his "graft phone" with key associates so they could continue supplying the illegal drugs while he took foreign holidays.

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He said the gang members "possessed weapons, such as the Skorpion, that have been used to kill innocent people in Merseyside".

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