home counties

Noun
  1. The English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded (synset 108894696)
    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
    is an instance of: county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
    member holonym:
    • 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

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