wessex

1. 1.

   a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofEngland

Other forms of wessex

plural

wessexes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wessex

What does wessex mean?

wessex means "a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century".

How many syllables are in wessex?

wessex has 2 syllables: wes-sex. The stress falls on "wes". In IPA it is /ˈwɛsəks/.

Is wessex a common word?

wessex is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.