Port Sunlight

proper noun

A suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A suburb and model village by the Mersey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3483).

Origin

The name comes from Sunlight soap, coloured yellow, which was manufactured here.

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APA

Port Sunlight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Sunlight

MLA

“Port Sunlight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Sunlight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Port Sunlight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Port%20Sunlight.

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