Basildon
[ bey-zuh l-duh n, baz-uh l- ]
/ ˈbeɪ zəl dən, ˈbæz əl- /
noun
a town in S Essex, in SE England: designated as a model residential community after World War II.
Example sentences from the Web for basildon
In Sydney it was across the Harbor, in London it was outside the city in Basildon or Slough.
Basildon is quite as bad; he is as domestic as if he was a bachelor.
An Ideal Husband |Oscar WildeThere is Basildon—and Hurley—and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher.
Madam How and Lady Why |Charles KingsleySure it was some such name as Basildon or Basildene -- the name of some fair spot, I trow, where she must once have lived.
In the Days of Chivalry |Evelyn Everett-Green
British Dictionary definitions for basildon
Basildon
/ (ˈbæzɪldən) /
noun
a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)