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Sussex, county, SE England, since 1888 divided for administrative purposes into East Sussex (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), and West Sussex (1991 pop. 692,800), 768 sq mi (1,990 sq km). Lewes is the county seat of East Sussex; Chichester is the administrative center for West Sussex. The South Downs—low, rolling hills that cross the county from east to west and terminate at Beachy Head on the English Channel coast—are the county's most notable geographical feature. The principal streams are the Arun, the Ouse, the Rother, and the Adur. The long coast line along the Channel is famous for its resorts, such as Brighton and Eastbourne. Sussex is primarily an agricultural region devoted to dairy farming, wheat growing, and market gardening. It has many residential suburbs of London. The old kingdom of the South Saxons (Sussex) was founded by King Ælle in the late 5th cent. Later the region was incorporated into Wessex. William I (William the Conqueror) landed at Pevensey in 1066 and defeated Harold's Saxons at Hastings. In 1974, East Sussex and West Sussex were reorganized as nonmetropolitan counties.

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Sussex

1. (until 1974) a county of SE England, now divided into the separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex

2. (in Anglo-Saxon England) the kingdom of the South Saxons, which became a shire of the kingdom of Wessex in the early 9th century ad

3. a breed of red beef cattle originally from Sussex

4. a heavy and long-established breed of domestic fowl used principally as a table bird

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Sussex 

a breed of chicken raised for meat and eggs. The breed was introduced in Sussex, England, by crossing local fowl with the Dorking, Cornish, white Cochin, Orpington, and Brahma breeds. There are three varieties classified according to the color of the plumage: light, yellow-brown, and red. The light variety is the commonest. The color of the plumage is sex-linked; when the Sussex is crossed with other breeds, the sex of day-old chicks can be determined. Adult males weigh 3.3–3.5 kg, and adult females 2.5–2.7 kg; young fowl of the meat strains attain 1.3–1.5 kg 70 days after hatching. The hens lay 160–170 eggs per year. Sussex chickens are bred in many European countries and, on a small scale, in the USSR.