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Wirral

/ˈwɪɹəl/

Wirral proper noun: a peninsula between the River Dee and River Mersey in England.

Proper noun

Wirral

  1. (often, with-definite-article) A peninsula between the River Dee and River Mersey in England.
  2. A metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

Origin of Wirral

From the Old English Wirhealh, from wir (“myrtle”) and healh (“corner”), referring to the bog myrtle once found there.

Words formed from Wirral

Questions about Wirral

What does Wirral mean?
Wirral means a peninsula between the River Dee and River Mersey in England.
What part of speech is Wirral?
Wirral is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Wirral?
Wirral is pronounced /ˈwɪɹəl/.

Words near Wirral in the dictionary

  1. Wirradgerry
  2. Wirradhuri
  3. Wirradhurri
  4. wirrah
  5. wirrahs
  6. Wirral
  7. Wirralian
  8. Wirralians
  9. wirrasthru
  10. Wirrate
  11. Wirratherie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Wirral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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