# Middlesex

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/ · frequency rank #18,134

## Definitions
1. A former inland county of England, partly absorbed into the erstwhile County of London in 1889; finally abolished in 1965 and absorbed mainly into Greater London, the south-west corner of the county becoming Spelthorne Borough and included in Surrey. The whole county, in whatever form, had the Thames as its southern boundary.
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9. The central of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the counties of Cornwall in the west and Surrey in the east; named for the English county.
10. A locality in Central Coast council area, Kentish council area and the Meander Valley council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
11. A rural locality in the Shire of Manjimup, South West region, Western Australia.
12. Ellipsis of Middlesex County.

## Etymology
From Old English Middelseaxan (literally “Middle Saxons”), which stood for both Middlesex and its people.

## Common misspellings (12)
`imddlesex`, `mdidlesex`, `middelsex`, `middleesx`, `middlesexx`, `middlessex`, `middlesxe`, `middllesex`, `middlseex`, `midldesex`, `midlesex`, `mmiddlesex`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/middlesex