Wolverhampton

American  

[wool-ver-hamp-tuhn] / ˈwʊl vərˌhæmp tən /

noun

1. a city in West Midlands, in W England.

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Wolverhampton British  

/ ˌwʊlvəˈhæmptən /

noun

1. a city in W central England, in Wolverhampton unitary authority, West Midlands: iron and steel foundries; university (1992). Pop: 251 462 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in W central England, in the West Midlands. Pop: 238 900 (2003 est). Area: 69 sq km (27 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Packer was born on Sept. 28, 1938, in Wolverhampton, England, and grew up in Nottingham.

From The Wall Street Journal

Green Park School in Wolverhampton was forced to shut on Tuesday and Wednesday after the unusual odour was detected near its swimming pool, leading to paramedics assessing "a number of patients".

From BBC

City of Wolverhampton Council confirmed that Stowlawn Primary would reopen to staff and pupils on Thursday, while Green Park would open for staff on Thursday and pupils on Friday.

From BBC

A BBC investigation showed the scale of the problem of licence shopping, with one-in-five private hire vehicles in England, such as Ubers and minicabs, buying licences from Wolverhampton City Council, where they are cheaper and rules are less stringent than in other parts of the country.

From BBC

Fewer than 4% of Wolverhampton's nearly 50,000 licences were operating within the city that year, with the rest operating as far afield as Newcastle, Somerset, Cardiff and Skegness.

From BBC