Middlesexnoun
/ˈmɪd.əl.seks//ˈmɪd.əl.seks/an area in southeastern England that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1965:
Greater London contains virtually the whole of the former County of Middlesex.
When he left school he moved to Isleworth in Middlesex.
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- Martin Taylor was born in 1954 in Middlesex.
- Middlesex is a former county of England which lost its official identity after local government reorganization in 1965.
- The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park in Middlesex was to be the showpiece of the Empire.
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