Middlesex

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/

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Proper noun

Middlesex

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.
2. 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.
3. Ellipsis of Middlesex County.

Derived terms

• Middlesex Centre
• Middlesex County
• North Middlesex