whitehall
IPA: wˈaɪthɔɫ
Root Word: Whitehall
noun
- A wide street in Westminster between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square; it houses several government offices.
- (UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The British government or civil service
- An urban district of Bristol, England.
- Former spelling of White Hall, California.
- A city and township in Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.
- A township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A surname from Middle English.
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Examples of "whitehall" in Sentences
- I misunderstood the route of the Whitehall branch.
- He put the women under house arrest in the Palace of Whitehall.
- The Foreign Secretary works out of the Foreign Office in Whitehall.
- The Cherokee delegation signed the Treaty of Whitehall with the British.
- When it was built Whitehall was put on the site of a large market garden.
- The location was convenient for the royal palaces of Whitehall and St James.
- The primary British COG headquarters is at the Ministry of Defence in Whitehall.
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