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Middlesex

proper noun

  1. historic county of England
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/

name

Etymology: From Old English Middelseaxan (literally “Middle Saxons”), which stood for both Middlesex and its people.

  1. 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.

    A station on the Middlesex bank [of the Thames] was provided to serve Hampton Wick.

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  9. 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.
  10. A locality in Central Coast council area, Kentish council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A rural locality in the Shire of Manjimup, South West region, Western Australia.
  12. Ellipsis of Middlesex County.