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Home Counties

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Home Counties
pl n
(Placename) the counties surrounding London
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Noun1.Home Counties - the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Essex - a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary
Hertfordshire - a county in southern England
Kent - a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
Surrey - a county in southeastern England on the Thames
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Home Counties npl the Home Counties → le contee intorno a Londra
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