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Makerfield

Makerfield proper noun: an area in northwest England, now split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, both within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.

Proper noun

Makerfield

  1. An area in northwest England, now split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, both within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.
    • Keir Starmer has met Andy Burnham for the first time since the Makerfield byelection in what sources said was a “frosty” meeting to thrash out a transition of power.2026 June 23, Pippa Crerar, “Burnham and Starmer hold ‘frosty’ meeting to thrash out transition of power”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of Makerfield

Recorded by Bede as Maserfelth (c. 730 AD), apparently a miscopying of Old English *Macerfelth. From Proto-Brythonic *maguɨr (“a wall”) (itself from Latin maceria) + Old English feld (“a field”).

Words formed from Makerfield

Questions about Makerfield

What does Makerfield mean?
Makerfield means an area in northwest England, now split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, both within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire.
What part of speech is Makerfield?
Makerfield is a proper noun.

Words near Makerfield in the dictionary

  1. maker-uppers
  2. makereadies
  3. makeready
  4. makeress
  5. makeresses
  6. Makerfield
  7. makers
  8. makers-up
  9. makership
  10. makerspace
  11. makerspaces

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