Gateshead
Americannoun
noun
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a port in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: engineering works, cultural centre. Pop: 78 403 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 191 000 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
Example Sentences
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Gateshead council use heat from water in flooded mines to heat hundreds of homes.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Her area has adopted a similar approach to Gateshead and she says that led to a five-fold drop in delayed discharges in the year after it was introduced.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
Another father - Shaun from Gateshead - chimes in that his is cabbage-sized.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
They will train later this afternoon at Derby County's training ground, before staying in Darlington and arriving in Gateshead on Saturday morning.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
A long stride measured the schoolroom, and presently beside Miss Temple, who herself had risen, stood the same black column which had frowned on me so ominously from the hearthrug of Gateshead.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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