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Meriden

Meriden proper noun: a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2482).

Proper noun

Meriden

  1. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2482).
    • A 500-year-old cross on the village green is said to mark the exact centre of England. Meriden also claims to be the home of English archery, […].1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 281
  2. A suburb of Watford borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ1299).
  3. A city in New Haven County, Connecticut.
  4. An unincorporated community and township in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  5. A minor city in Cherokee County, Iowa.
  6. A minor city in Jefferson County, Kansas.
  7. A township in Steele County, Minnesota, named after Meriden, CT.
  8. An unincorporated community in the town of Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  9. An unincorporated community and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  10. A crossroads in Laramie County, Wyoming.

Words formed from Meriden

Questions about Meriden

What does Meriden mean?
Meriden means a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2482).
What part of speech is Meriden?
Meriden is a proper noun.

Words near Meriden in the dictionary

  1. mericlones
  2. Merida
  3. meridamycin
  4. Meridas
  5. meride
  6. Meriden
  7. merides
  8. Merideth
  9. Merideths
  10. meridian
  11. meridian fennel

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