Basildon

[ bey-zuhl-duhn, baz-uhl- ]

noun

1. a town in S Essex, in SE England: designated as a model residential community after World War II.

Basildon

/ ˈbæzɪldən /

noun

1. a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)

Example Sentences

In Sydney it was across the Harbor, in London it was outside the city in Basildon or Slough.

From The Daily Beast

Sure it was some such name as Basildon or Basildene -- the name of some fair spot, I trow, where she must once have lived.

From Project Gutenberg

There is Basildon—and Hurley—and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher.

From Project Gutenberg

Basildon is quite as bad; he is as domestic as if he was a bachelor.

From Project Gutenberg