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East Suffolk

East Suffolk proper noun: a former administrative county of Suffolk, England, created in 1889, along with West Suffolk. Both counties were abolished in 1974, being merged as Suffolk once again.

Proper noun

East Suffolk

  1. A former administrative county of Suffolk, England, created in 1889, along with West Suffolk. Both counties were abolished in 1974, being merged as Suffolk once again.
  2. A local government district in Suffolk, formed on 1 April 2019 on the merger of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney districts, with its headquarters in Melton, Suffolk.

Questions about East Suffolk

What does East Suffolk mean?
East Suffolk means a former administrative county of Suffolk, England, created in 1889, along with West Suffolk. Both counties were abolished in 1974, being merged as Suffolk once again.
What part of speech is East Suffolk?
East Suffolk is a proper noun.

Words near East Suffolk in the dictionary

  1. East St. Louis
  2. East St. Modeste
  3. East Staffordshire
  4. East Stoke
  5. East Stroudsburg
  6. East Suffolk
  7. East Sullivan
  8. East Sumbanese
  9. East Sussex
  10. East Syracuse
  11. East Tamworth

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