Birkenhead

[ bur-kuh n-hed ]

/ ˈbɜr kənˌhɛd /

a seaport in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey River opposite Liverpool.

Example sentences from the Web for birkenhead

The cars were built at Birkenhead, and drawn by horses; the length of the line was less than two miles.

Cheshire |Charles E. Kelsey
It took us four days to obtain even a cursory view of Liverpool and Birkenhead.

A Yacht Voyage Round England |W.H.G. Kingston
So in a very few years there was peace at Basingstoke, and a through-carriage daily from Birkenhead to Southampton.

Speculations from Political Economy |C. B. Clarke
The Hall stands on the verge of a long hill which stretches behind Tranmere and as far as Birkenhead.

Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 |Nathaniel Hawthorne

At Bidston Hill, near Birkenhead, on the same occasion, a pressure of 27 lb.

The Anatomy of Bridgework |William Henry Thorpe

Birkenhead ¹

/ (ˌbɜːkənˈhɛd) /

a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)

Birkenhead ²

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Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of, known as F. E. Smith . 1872–1930, British Conservative statesman, lawyer, and orator