Geordielandn.
/ˈdʒɔːdɪland/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔrdiˌlænd/ British colloquial.
An informal name for: Tyneside, esp. the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Also: Tyneside and neighbouring regions of north-east England.
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Oxon.c1439
the Stannaries1455
Midland1555
Home Counties1695
Islandshire1705
lakes1774
file1775
potteries1795
the Shires1796
Tyneside1824
lakeland1829
Lake District1835
lake country1842
Wessex1868
Shakespeare country1900
Geordieland1901
cherry country1902
1901 Chambers's Jrnl. May 398/2 Tramping Mosley Street and Quayside in Geordie-Land, and Water Street in Liverpool, looking for a ship.
1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy ii. 155 ‘Oh, stuff you and Durham,’ said Murray, ‘where the 'ell is it anyway?’ ‘Up in fughing Geordie-land,’ said Charlie.
1971 Listener 12 Aug. 201/2 There's a people's culture in Geordieland—it was the last place in England to have its own circuit of music halls.
2003 Guardian 7 Jan. i. 5/3 The capital of Geordieland, long associated with heavy engineering and associated grittiness, has embarked on a crash course in European intellectual development.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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