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west midlands

/ˌwɛst ˈmɪdləndz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
west- mid-lands
IPA
/ˌwɛst ˈmɪdləndz/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A metropolitan county of England; the conurbation surrounding Birmingham including Wolverhampton, Coventry and Solihull.

name

One of nine administrative regions of England; the entire western half of the Midlands.

Inflected Forms

the West Midlands (canonical)

Phrases

Black Country

Frequently Paired Words

Black Country

Questions

How do you pronounce west midlands?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌwɛst ˈmɪdləndz/.
What does west midlands mean?
A metropolitan county of England; the conurbation surrounding Birmingham including Wolverhampton, Coventry and Solihull.

How to pronounce west midlands

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