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Merseyside

American  
[mur-zee-sahyd] / ˈmɜr ziˌsaɪd /

noun

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


Merseyside British  
/ 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)

"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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The club worked with Merseyside Police to seize the assets from organised ticket touts.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

So whisper it, while England's semi-final reaching footballers are giving World Cup fans plenty to be excited about, here on Merseyside the country's golfers might do something similar.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Harper said the next step would be to determine whether it was suitable for any of the Merseyside beetles to be relocated to new sites in Cumbria in order to start new populations.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Per head of population, the detection rate in Merseyside was higher than in any part of England or Wales in the year to March.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

In addition to Scotland Yard's Computer Crimes Unit and BT, at least seven other police forces were involved in the three raids, including those from Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

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