Milton Keynes

American  

[keenz] / kinz /

noun

1. a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.

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Milton Keynes British  

/ ˈmɪltən ˈkiːnz /

noun

1. a new town in central England, in Milton Keynes unitary authority, N Buckinghamshire: founded in 1967: electronics, clothing, machinery; seat of the Open University. Pop: 184 506 (2001 est)

2. a unitary authority in central England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 215 700 (2003). Area: 310 sq km (119 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Last year, Hood gave up working as a night porter at a hotel - a role he job-shared with his wife Jessica - and spent eight weeks living in a hotel in Milton Keynes to earn his tour card.

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The tiny grains of lunar dust are now stored in a high-security facility in Milton Keynes and are being studied by Prof Mahesh Anand, the only UK scientist currently granted access to the material.

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At a rail yard near Milton Keynes, a group of men in orange outfits are making final checks on huge slabs of railway track, preparing them so that they are ready to be installed over Christmas and New Year.

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A project like Hanslope Junction near Milton Keynes can be years in the planning.

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In Potterspury, near Milton Keynes, hundreds of free-range turkeys usually amble around farmer Susan Gorst, pecking at the grass.

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