"Black Country" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From black + country - from the smoke and heavy industry of the area, well known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Midlands English",
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        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Regions of England",
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        {
          "ref": "1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:",
          "text": "[…] and with the two promised Sheffielders, Driver Elliott and Fireman Lewis, we were soon on our way over the most unapproachably dreary region of the whole run, scarcely to be paralleled in the Black Country itself.",
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        }
      ],
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        "An area in the West Midlands of England; traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution."
      ],
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          "West Midlands",
          "West Midlands"
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          "England",
          "England"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Black Country"
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  "word": "Black Country"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From black + country - from the smoke and heavy industry of the area, well known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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          "ref": "1949 March and April, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–2”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:",
          "text": "[…] and with the two promised Sheffielders, Driver Elliott and Fireman Lewis, we were soon on our way over the most unapproachably dreary region of the whole run, scarcely to be paralleled in the Black Country itself.",
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        }
      ],
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        "An area in the West Midlands of England; traditionally seen as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution."
      ],
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          "West Midlands",
          "West Midlands"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England"
        ]
      ],
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        "Black Country"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Black Country"
}