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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 whole county, in whatever form, had the Thames as its southern boundary.

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name/ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/UK
  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.

  2. A number of places in the United States: A borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

  3. A number of places in the United States: A town in Yates County, New York.

  4. A number of places in the United States: A town in Nash County, North Carolina.

  5. A number of places in the United States: A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Vermont.

  8. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia.

  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.

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Where this word comes from

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

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