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HOME COUNTIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Meronyms (members of "Home Counties"):
Essex (a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary)
Hertfordshire (a county in southern England)
Kent (a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans)
Surrey (a county in southeastern England on the Thames)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
