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East Sussex

East Sussex

2.0
A county in southern England on the coast near Brighton
  • proper noun
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  • Many tourists visit East Sussex to explore its historic coastal towns and beautiful countryside.

Examples

  • The University of Sussex is located near Brighton in East Sussex.

  • She grew up in a small village in East Sussex before moving to London.

  • I visited East Sussex last summer.

  • Have you ever been to East Sussex?

  • Many tourists visit East Sussex to explore its historic coastal towns and beautiful countryside.

  • The University of Sussex is located near Brighton in East Sussex.

  • She grew up in a small village in East Sussex before moving to London.

Surface Forms

East Sussex main

Morphology

East + Sussex

The name is fully compositional: combining the directional adjective 'East' with the place name 'Sussex' straightforwardly denotes the eastern part/administrative area of Sussex. This place-name pattern (direction + locality) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to the county/region called East Sussex.

Etymology

East Sussex comes from the words East and Sussex: Sussex comes from old words meaning 'south Saxons' — the people who lived there long ago — and East shows this is the eastern part of that area, so the name simply tells you it is the eastern part of the old land of the 'south Saxons'.