English Explanatory Dictionary

London

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
  2. A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
  3. The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
  4. A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
  5. A small agricultural village in the commune of Savigny-sur-Seille, Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.
  6. A village in Kiritimati atoll, Kiribati.
  7. An urban neighborhood of the city of Belgrade, Serbia.
  8. Several places in the United States:
  9. A small city in Pope County, Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
  10. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
  11. An unincorporated community in Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
  12. A city, the county seat of Laurel County, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.

Pronunciation

lŭn'dən /ˈlʌn.dən/ lŭ'nən /ˈlʌ.nən/ /ˈlʊn.dən/ En-uk-London.ogg

Word forms

London Londons

Etymology

From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.

Synonyms

Eine Londongrad Londonistan Moscow-on-Thames Rum-ville the Big Smoke the Great Wen the Smoke

Related words

Cockney the City

Derived words

Central London City of London County of London East London Greater London Inner London Little London London Bridge London broil London bus London-centric London City London Colney London dispersion force Londoner Londonese London Fields London fog Londongrad London Grove Londonish Londonism Londonistan Londonize London Lakes London moment London paste Londonphile London plane London pride London rocket Londonshire London sink London smoke London to a brick London tuft London Underground Londonward London weighting Lord Mayor of London Multicultural London English New London NyLon Nylonkong Outer London Tower of London

Translations

Abkhaz: Лондон Afrikaans: Londen Afrikaans: Londens Albanian: Londër Amharic: ለንደን Antillean Creole: Lonn Arabic: لَنْدَن Arabic: اَللُّنْدُنَة Arabic: لُنْدْرَة Arabic: لُنْدُن Arabic: لندن Aragonese: Londres Armenian: Լոնդոն Armenian: Լոնդոնյան Armenian: Լոնդոնի Asturian: Londres Avar: Лондон Azerbaijani: London Bashkir: Лондон Basque: Londres Belarusian: Ло́ндан Belarusian: Лёндан Bengali: লন্ডন Bengali: লণ্ডন Bengali: লন্ডনী Bihari: लंदन Central Bikol: Londres Brahui: Landan Breton: Londrez Bulgarian: Ло́ндон Burmese: လန်ဒန်မြို့ Carpathian Rusyn: Лондон Catalan: Londres Chechen: Лондон Cherokee: ᎫᎴ ᏗᏍᎪᏂᎯᏱ Cherokee: ᎸᏂᏓᏂ Chinese Cantonese: 倫敦 /伦敦 Eastern Min Chinese: 倫敦 /伦敦 Hakka Chinese: 倫敦 /伦敦 Chinese: 倫敦 /伦敦 Chinese Mandarin: 倫敦 /伦敦 Wu Chinese: 倫敦 /伦敦 Chuvash: Лондон East Circassian: Лондон West Circassian: Лондон Cornish: Loundres Corsican: Londra Czech: Londýn Czech: londýnský Danish: London Doteli: लण्डन Dutch: Londen Dutch: Londens Dutch: van Londen
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