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Middlesex

[mid-l-seks]

noun

  1. a former county in SE England, now part of Greater London.

  2. a borough in central New Jersey.



Middlesex

/ ˈmɪdəlˌsɛks /

noun

  1. Middxa former county of SE England: became mostly part of N and W Greater London in 1965

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“And so through the night went his cry of alarm / To every Middlesex village and farm,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously wrote, declaring Revere’s warning “a word that shall echo forevermore!”

From Salon

Off the field, the 27-year-old has a degree in sports rehabilitation and exercise from Middlesex University.

From BBC

Hunter Bell has taken the long way round since she proudly wore the colours of Ealing, Southall and Middlesex in her first track race back in 2004 - two weeks after Holmes, now her mentor, completed that historic double at the Athens Games.

From BBC

Clementina Dinah Hitching was born in Southall, Middlesex on 28 October 1927.

From BBC

Shubman, in the form of his life, has played here once before, for Glamorgan against Middlesex in 2022.

From BBC

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