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Sheerness

American  
[sheer-nis] / ˈʃɪər nɪs /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Kent, in SE England on the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames: government dockyards.


Sheerness British  
/ ˌʃɪəˈnɛs /

noun

  1. a port and resort in SE England, in N Kent at the junction of the Medway estuary and the Thames: administratively part of Queenborough in Sheppey since 1968

"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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Sheerness Port - which imports large numbers of cars and fresh fruit - does employ hundreds of people, yet it once employed thousands.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The money has allowed a local school, Sheppey College, to be refurbished, an adventure golf course to be built, and redevelopment of the main gym in Sheerness.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

"We need something like a business tsar, someone to promote the island for industry and employment," says Neal Williams, a Reform UK town councillor in Sheerness.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

One of seven children, Mr Baldwin, who had celebrated his 100th birthday in November, grew up in Sheerness, Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Before Nero’s appearance at Sheerness, he was looked upon as the finest specimen of that kind of dog ever seen.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon

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