Wirral

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Wirral

/ˈwɪɹəl/

Where it comes from

From the Old English Wirhealh, from wir (“myrtle”) and healh (“corner”), referring to the bog myrtle once found there.

proper noun

often, with definite article A peninsula between the River Dee and River Mersey in England.
A metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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@misc{wirral_2026,
  title = {Wirral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wirral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}