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North Shields

UK/ˌnɔːθ ˈʃiːldz/

North Shields proper noun: a town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3568).

Proper noun

North Shields

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3568).

Questions about North Shields

What does North Shields mean?
North Shields means a town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3568).
What part of speech is North Shields?
North Shields is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce North Shields?
North Shields is pronounced /ˌnɔːθ ˈʃiːldz/ (UK).

Words near North Shields in the dictionary

  1. North Sea oil
  2. North Seaton
  3. North Sebago
  4. North Sentinel Island
  5. North Sheen
  6. North Shields
  7. North Shore
  8. North Shropshire
  9. north side
  10. north sides
  11. North Sinai

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