Gateshead
Americannoun
noun
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a port in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: engineering works, cultural centre. Pop: 78 403 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 191 000 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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Gateshead council use heat from water in flooded mines to heat hundreds of homes.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Kate Osborne, the Labour MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East, said she had been contacted by more than 700 people with "horror stories" about the level of student debt they had built up.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Gerry and Sewell tells the story of two men from Gateshead with no money, who make it their mission to get their hands on Newcastle United season tickets.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Another father - Shaun from Gateshead - chimes in that his is cabbage-sized.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
A long stride measured the schoolroom, and presently beside Miss Temple, who herself had risen, stood the same black column which had frowned on me so ominously from the hearthrug of Gateshead.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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