Tyne and Wearnoun
/ˌtaɪn ənd ˈwɪər//ˌtaɪn ənd ˈwɪr/a metropolitan county (= an area of England that includes a large city area and had its own local government until 1986) in northeastern England:
The Japanese electronics firm announced last Friday that its plant in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, is to close.
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- He was staying at a hotel in Jesmond, Tyne and Wear.
- There are, she says, around 71,000 households on council waiting lists in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham.
- A grant to monitor cycle usage has been made to the joint transport group in Tyne and Wear.
- The archaeologist for Tyne and Wear museums said he hoped to uncover more of the wall on Shields Road in the next few days.
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