English Explanatory Dictionary

Silvertown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An industrial district, south of West Ham in the borough of Newham, Greater London, on the north bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ4180).

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪlvətaʊn/

Word forms

Silvertown

Etymology

From Silver + town, after S. W. Silver and Co, a company that established a rubber works there in 1852.

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