WESSEX


Meaning of WESSEX in English

/wes"iks/ , n.

1. (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Cap.: Winchester. See map under Mercia .

2. the fictional setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, principally identifiable with Dorsetshire.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .