Merseyside

A metropolitan county in northwestern England bordering Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire.

Proper noun

  1. A metropolitan county in northwestern England bordering Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire.
    • United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact. - 2011 October 15, Phil...

Origin

Etymology tree English Mersey Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English Merseyside From Mersey + -side.