Black Country


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Black Country

A highly industrialized region of west-central England adjoining Birmingham.
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Black Country

n
(Placename) the Black Country the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
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Black Country

n (British) the Black Country → le Pays noir (région industrielle des Midlands)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Black Country

n (Brit) the Black Country → zona industriale dell'Inghilterra centrale
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On, through many tunnels into the black country itself, where the furnace fires burned oftener, but the signs of habitation were fewer.
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He turned his head the other way, and the cold black country seemed to frown him off, and drive him for a refuge into its hospitable arms.
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Creative Black Country, one of 21 Creative People and Places (CPP) projects across the country, received PS1,403,154 from Arts Council England, who fund CPP.
Arts scheme handed PS1.5m funding boost
A motion to fly the Black Country flag outside the city council's offices permanently is set to be discussed at a meeting of Wolverhampton's full council this week.
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BIRMINGHAM and the Black Country imported PS5.3 billion pounds more goods from the EU than it did the rest of the world last year.
Figures show region's import reliance on EU
YAM not going to believe this, but the author of the world's first Black Country dictionary is battling for a GCSE exam in the language.
'I'D LOVE TO SEE YAM YAM TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS' Author of first dictionary of Black Country dialect says..
MPs took the Black Country Flag to Parliament this week to mark Black Country Day.
MPs fly the flag for the Black Country
SUPER group Black Country Communion are to play their first date in Wales in summer.
First date in Wales for super group
THE Evening Telegraph has teamed up with the Black Country Living Museum to offer two families the chance of winning a VIP day out at the Black Country Living Museum.
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The Black Country: the very name conjures up images of the smokestacks of Britain's industrial revolution.
Incubating enterprise in the Black Country: Michael Smith reports on an initiative to create jobs in one of Britain's unemployment blackspots
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Black Country Elites: The Exercise of Authority in an Industrialized Area, 1830-1900

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