an area of north-east England around the River Tyne, including Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead and South Shields. Tyneside was formerly an important centre for the shipbuilding and coal-mining industries, but the area now has a lot of unemployment. People from Tyneside are informally called Geordies. 泰恩赛德(Tyneside):英格兰东北地区,泰恩河周围,包括泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔,盖茨黑德和南希尔兹。泰恩赛德(Tyneside)以前是造船业和煤矿业的重要中心,但该地区现在有大量失业。来自泰恩赛德(Tyneside)的人们被非正式地称为吉奥蒂(Geordies)。