HOME COUNTIES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)