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Wearside

Wearside proper noun: the area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.

Proper noun

Wearside

  1. (informal) The area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.

Origin of Wearside

From Wear + -side.

Words formed from Wearside

Questions about Wearside

What does Wearside mean?
Wearside means the area around Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, on the River Wear.
What part of speech is Wearside?
Wearside is a proper noun.

Words near Wearside in the dictionary

  1. wears thin
  2. wears through
  3. wears too many hats
  4. wears up
  5. wears yellow stockings
  6. Wearside
  7. Wearsider
  8. Wearsiders
  9. weary
  10. weary out
  11. wearying

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