Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home counties

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: home- -coun-ties
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A geographic area consisting of the counties surrounding London, England.

noun

plural of home county

Example Sentences

"From Caro, the British colonel's wife, now ferrying around anti-tear gas solvent kits and bottled water, her toenails painted a riot of different colors, her posh Home Counties diction already absorbing the shortened vowels of our southern African dialect."

Questions

What does home counties mean?: A geographic area consisting of the counties surrounding London, England.

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