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Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight proper noun: a suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

Proper noun

Port Sunlight

  1. A suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

Origin of Port Sunlight

The name comes from Sunlight soap, coloured yellow, which was manufactured here.

Questions about Port Sunlight

What does Port Sunlight mean?
Port Sunlight means a suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).
What part of speech is Port Sunlight?
Port Sunlight is a proper noun.

Words near Port Sunlight in the dictionary

  1. Port St. Lucie
  2. Port Stanley
  3. Port Stephens
  4. Port Sudan
  5. Port Suez
  6. Port Sunlight
  7. Port Swettenham
  8. Port Talbot
  9. Port Tewfik
  10. port tong
  11. port tongs

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