Wolverhampton

West Midlands metropolitan borough

Wolverhampton is an industrial city in the West Midlands of England, northwest of Birmingham.

Known historically for metalworking and manufacturing, particularly locks and motorcycles, the city is home to Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (Wolves).

Residents are called Wulfrunians, after the city's Anglo-Saxon founder.

industry

metalworking

Shaping raw ore industrially

manufacturing · engineering · steelworks · foundry · brass · aerospace · Goodyear

region

Midlands

England's central region

Coventry · Telford · Stoke-on-Trent · Penn

football

Wolves

Sports team designation

South Bank

dialect

accent

Regional speech pattern

  • theeSecond-person object, antiquated
  • thouArchaic second-person pronoun
Opposites
english regional rivalry/west midlands urban hierarchy

WolverhamptonBirmingham

Major city, two continents

Manchester · Coventry · Leeds · Nottingham

english north-south divide/prosperity contrast

WolverhamptonLondon

England's capital city

Chelsea · Kensington · Cambridge · Oxford · Mayfair

North-South England divide

WolverhamptonBrighton

Sussex seaside resort

Southampton · Bristol · Bournemouth · Canterbury

Family

wolfish, wolfhound, wolfishly, wolflike, wolfberry, wolfsbane, wolfishness, wolfram, wolfskin

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G