English Explanatory Dictionary

Scotland Yard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Force.
  2. The police in London.

Word forms

Scotland Yard

Etymology

From the address, originally at Great Scotland Yard off Whitehall, then at New Scotland Yard on the Embankment, and (currently) at New Scotland Yard in Westminster.

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