london
IPA: ɫˈʌndʌn
Root Word: London
noun
- The capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
- A former administrative county in England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- (figuratively) The government of the United Kingdom.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
- A small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
- A village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati.
- An urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
- Several places in the United States:
- A small city in Pope County, Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
- A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
- An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.
- An unincorporated community in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A city, the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, with a population of approximately 9,000.
- An unincorporated community in Kimble County, Texas, with a population of approximately 180.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Dane County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- A habitational surname for someone from London.
- (rare) A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
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Examples of "london" in Sentences
- The chronometer is now in Greenwich, London.
- He was a stalwart of the London Gentlemen's club.
- In London he is known as an affable restaurateur.
- He is the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra.
- Bernard died unexpectedly of peritonitis in London.
- He obtained the diploma in ophthalmology, in London.
- Mark was the lighting consultant for the London Eye.
- The deputation was enthusiastically received in London.
- He is the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London.
- He was examiner in physiology in the University of London.
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