Middlesex
English
Etymology
From Old English Middelseaxan (literally “Middle Saxons”), which stood for both Middlesex and its people.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Middlesex
- A former inland county of England, partly absorbed into the erstwhile County of London in 1889; finally abolished in 1965 and absorbed mainly into Greater London, the south-west corner of the county becoming Spelthorne Borough and included in Surrey.
- The central of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the counties of Cornwall in the west and Surrey in the east; named for the English county.
- Ellipsis of Middlesex County.
Derived terms
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