Pronunciations
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/ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Proper noun
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 whole county, in whatever form, had the Thames as its southern boundary.
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A station on the Middlesex bank [of the Thames] was provided to serve Hampton Wick.
A number of places in the United States: A borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Yates County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Nash County, North Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Vermont.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia.
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.
A locality in Central Coast council area, Kentish council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
A rural locality in the Shire of Manjimup, South West region, Western Australia.