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  • proper noun A metropolitan county in England.

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Examples

  • The lowest-achieving region for education is identified as the West Midlands - with 26 out of 29 seats in the area below the national average in terms of the proportion of adults without qualifications.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • We skipped London, and spent most of the week with family in the West Midlands aka Birmingham and the weekend in Devon and Cornwall.

    5 Lunch Items Midtown Needs from England | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009

  • The West Midlands is a "key battleground which will help to decide who is the next government," said Pat McFadden, Labour lawmaker for South East Wolverhampton and an up-and-coming junior minister in Mr. Brown's government.

    Brown Aims to Bolster Housing and Voters 2008

  • With so many people having pressed to see the hoard in the few days it was shown in Birmingham, no one doubts that the West Midlands is the region that should own and treasure the hoard for good.

    The Guardian World News Stephen Deuchar 2010

  • With so many people having pressed to see the hoard in the few days it was shown in Birmingham, no one doubts that the West Midlands is the region that should own and treasure the hoard for good.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • The West Midlands is the safest region, while the most persistently dangerous road is the A573 between Macclesfield in Cheshire and Buxton in

    icBirmingham 2010

  • The West Midlands is the safest region, while the most persistently dangerous road is the

    icHuddersfield 2010

  • "What we have to do is persuade them that if that fails, Birmingham and the West Midlands should be their next best choice" Stuart added.

    The Stirrer 2010

  • The West Midlands is the safest region, while the most persistently dangerous road is the

    icCoventry 2010

  • The Association of Public Health Observatories revealed that the West Midlands was the fattest region in the European Union, with 29% of adults classed as obese.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

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