North East England

English

Proper noun

North East England

  2. One of nine official administrative regions of England, comprising Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham as well as a small part of North Yorkshire.
    Holonyms: Northern England < England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
    Comeronyms: Midlands, West Country, South
    Meronyms: Tyneside, Geordieland
    • 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 10:
      The high banks of the rivers of North East England have led to the shipment of coal from staiths by the simple process of shooting it down gravity spouts from bottom-door wagons.
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