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Wallsend

American  
[wawlz-end] / ˈwɔlzˌɛnd /

noun

  1. a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.

  2. a type of coal widely used in Great Britain, especially for domestic purposes.


Wallsend British  
/ ˈwɔːlzˌɛnd /

noun

  1. a town in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: situated on the River Tyne at the E end of Hadrian's Wall. Pop: 42 842 (2001)

"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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He was born in Wallsend, England, in late June 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Take the legendary Wallsend Boys Club, for instance.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Rebecca, a university chaplain from Wallsend, North Tyneside, said she had been to mass to prepare for the game.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

The primary school teacher donned her wedding outfit and cut a cake alongside her husband at the Eothen care home in Wallsend, North Tyneside, which specialises in caring for people with dementia.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2023

We buried them gaily, at luncheon time, All Acts of Parliament spurning; There were "Kitchens," composed of slate and slime, And Wallsend, "dimly burning."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various

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