Milton Keynes is a large new town in Buckinghamshire, England, established in the 1960s as a planned urban area with a grid road system and a mix of residential, commercial, and green spaces. As a proper noun, it denotes a place name formed from the historic Milton, the nearby river Great Ouse’s tributary, and the new town development in the 20th century. The name is widely recognized in the UK and internationally.
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