Liverpool
pronunciation
How to pronounce Liverpool in British English:
UK [ˈlɪvəˌpu:l]
How to pronounce Liverpool in American English:
US [ˈlɪvɚˌpul]
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- Noun:
- a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
Word Origin
- Liverpool
- English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water," from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names," 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.
Example
- 1. Now liverpool is using its bruised beauty to its advantage .
- 2. Liverpool had five theatres then .
- 3. Does everyone in malaysia support liverpool ?
- 4. Liverpool has backing from the shanghai authorities .
- 5. Liverpool has been through tough times .