Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

black country

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.17 in modern English

Syllables: black- -coun-try
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area of West Midlands, England, traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

Example Sentences

"I was on a very loose end when one day, outside the Secretariat, as they call it, I ran up against a man called Fraser whom I'd known building a viaduct or something of that sort in the Black Country."
"[…] and with the two promised Sheffielders, Driver Elliott and Fireman Lewis, we were soon on our way over the most unapproachably dreary region of the whole run, scarcely to be paralleled in the Black Country itself."

Etymology

From the smoke and heavy industry of the area.

Inflected Forms

the Black Country (canonical)

Questions

What does black country mean?: An area of West Midlands, England, traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
Where does black country come from?: From the smoke and heavy industry of the area.

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