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essex

/ˈɛs.ɪks/

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What does essex mean?

proper noun

  1. A maritime county of England bordered by the North Sea, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Greater London, and separated from Kent by the Thames estuary.
  2. A town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A locality in Humboldt County, California.
More meanings (16)

proper noun

  1. A small unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California.
  2. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
  3. A township and village therein, in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  4. A township in Stark County, Illinois.
  5. A city in Page County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  7. A coastal town and census-designated place in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  8. A township in Clinton County, Michigan.
  9. A city in Stoddard County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana.
  11. A town in Essex County, New York.
  12. An unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina.
  13. An unincorporated community in Union County, Ohio.
  14. A large rural town in Chittenden County, Vermont.
  15. A surname.
  16. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛs.ɪks/

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In Essex he found the ruts "of an incredible depth," and he almost swore at one near Tilbury.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
It was midnight before I took him round to Essex Street, and saw him safely in at his own dark door.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400
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You would like a drawing-room in the latter style that I fancied and have been executing at Mr. Rigby's, in Essex.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
Overbury was aware that, honestly presented, the petition by Lady Essex for the annulment of her marriage had little chance of success.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
It was his friend of the Harwich train, the stumpy little cure of Essex whom he had warned about his brown paper parcels.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204