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Handsworth

Handsworth proper noun: a suburb in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4186).

Proper noun

Handsworth

  1. A suburb in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4186).
  2. A suburban area in Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0390).
    • Street, who was West Midlands mayor for the Tories until 2024, said Handsworth was very well integrated, with a mixture of south Asian, black and white residents as well as other ethnic groups living alongside each other.2025 October 7, Rowena Mason, “Badenoch defends Jenrick’s ‘no white faces’ comments about Birmingham”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  3. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Golden West No. 95, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Words formed from Handsworth

Questions about Handsworth

What does Handsworth mean?
Handsworth means a suburb in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4186).
What part of speech is Handsworth?
Handsworth is a proper noun.

Words near Handsworth in the dictionary

  1. handstrokes
  2. handsturn
  3. handsturns
  4. handstyle
  5. handstyles
  6. Handsworth
  7. Handsworth Wood
  8. handsy
  9. handtame
  10. handtamed
  11. handtames

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