a metropolitan county of NE England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. Area: 540 sq km (208 sq miles)
Tyne and Wear in American English
county in N England, on the Tyne & the North Sea: 207 sq mi (536 sq km); pop. 1,095,000