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The Palace of Westminster, London, England FromMiddle English London , fromOld English Lunden , fromProto-Celtic viaLatin Londinium – see for details.Doublet ofLondinium .
London (countable anduncountable ,plural Londons )
Thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland , withinGreater London . Situated on thetidal RiverThames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.2022 October 12,Bernardine Evaristo , “Read Your Way Through London”, inThe New York Times [1] :An eccentric city with a live-and-let-live vibe,London is a place where people can be free to be themselves, find the communities to which they belong and write whatever they want. There are, in a sense, manyLondons for writers to explore.
A formeradministrative county inEngland , created in 1889 from parts ofKent ,Middlesex andSurrey , and merged intoGreater London in 1965. ( metonymically ) Thegovernment of the United Kingdom, otherwise known asWestminster .A city in southwesternOntario ,Canada , with a population of approximately 300,000. A smallagricultural village in the commune ofSavigny-sur-Seille ,Saône-et-Loire department,Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region,France . A village inKiritimati atoll,Kiribati . Anurban neighborhood of the city ofBelgrade ,Serbia . Several places in theUnited States :A small city inPope County ,Arkansas , with a population of approximately 900. Acensus-designated place inTulare County ,California , with a population of approximately 1,800. Anunincorporated community inMoral Township,Shelby County ,Indiana . A city, thecounty seat ofLaurel County ,Kentucky , with a population of approximately 8,000. Atownship and unincorporated community therein, inMonroe County ,Michigan . Atownship and unincorporated community therein, inFreeborn County ,Minnesota . A city, thecounty seat ofMadison County ,Ohio , with a population of approximately 9,000. Anunincorporated community inKimble County ,Texas , with a population of approximately 180. Anunincorporated community inKanawha County ,West Virginia . Anunincorporated community inDane County andJefferson County ,Wisconsin . A habitationalsurname for someone from London.( rare ) A unisexgiven name transferred from the place name .2012 ,Louise Erdrich ,The Round House , Corsair, published2013 ,→ISBN , page178 :Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name toLondon .
Jespersen, Otto (1909 )A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[2] , volumes I: Sounds and Spellings,London :George Allen & Unwin , published1961 ,§ 7.72 ,page222 .2003 , A. D. Mills,A Dictionary of British Place-Names , Oxford University Press,→ISBN :“London ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . “London ”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster , 1996–present. “London ”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , 5th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ,2016 ,→ISBN . “London ”, inCollins English Dictionary . London in theEncyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)London in theEncyclopædia Britannica (12th edition, 1922)London
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London (a city in southwesternOntario ,Canada )The city in England, capital of England and the United Kingdom, is invariably namedLonden in Dutch. The spelling “London” is used for other cities, such as London, Ontario.
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London (thecapital of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital ofEngland )IPA (key ) : /ˈlɔndɔn/ ( most common ) IPA (key ) : /ˈlɔndn̩/ ( particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected ) London n ( proper noun ,genitive Londons or ( optionally with an article ) London )
London (thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland )IPA (key ) : [ˈlondon] Hyphenation:Lon‧don Rhymes:-on London
London (thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland )FromOld English Lunden , fromLatin Londinium - see for details.
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London (thecapital city ofEngland )The City of London viewed from the balcony at City Hall. FromEnglish London , fromMiddle English London ( “ London ” ) , fromOld English Lunden ( “ London ” ) , a borrowing fromLatin Londinium ( “ London ” ) , likely fromProto-Celtic *Londinjon ( “ place that floods ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ( “ to sink; subdue ” ) - see the Latin entry for details.
IPA (key ) : /ˈlɔndɔn/ Rhymes:-ɔn Hyphenation:Lon‧don London
London (thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland ) with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.London ligger på begge sider av elven Themsen i Sørøst-England. London is located on both sides of the River Thames in the South East of England. London (a formeradministrative county inEngland ), created in 1889 from parts ofKent ,Middlesex andSurrey , and merged intoGreater London in 1965.( figuratively ) Thegovernment of the United Kingdom.London (a city in southwesternOntario ,Canada ), with a population of approximately 300,000.London (a smallagricultural village in the commune ofSavigny-sur-Seille ,Saône-et-Loire department,Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region,France ).London (a village inKiritimati atoll,Kiribati ).London (anurban neighborhood of the city ofBelgrade ,Serbia ).Several places in theUnited States :London (a small city inPope County ,Arkansas ,United States ), with a population of approximately 900.London (acensus-designated place inTulare County ,California ,United States ).London (anunincorporated community inMoral Township ,Shelby County ,Indiana ,United States ).London (a city, thecounty seat ofLaurel County ,Kentucky ,United States ), with a population of approximately 8,000.London (anunincorporated community inFreeborn County ,Minnesota ,United States ).London (a city, thecounty seat ofMadison County ,Ohio ,United States ), with a population of approximately 9,000.London (a small city inCalifornia ,United States ), with a population of approximately 1,800.London (anunincorporated community inKimble County ,Texas ,United States ), with a population of approximately 180.London (anunincorporated community inKanawha County ,West Virginia ,United States ).London (anunincorporated community inDane County andJefferson County ,Wisconsin ,United States ). London
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London (a city inOntario ,Canada )( rare ) Synonym ofLondres IPA (key ) : /lǒndoːn/ Hyphenation:Lon‧don Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н )
London (thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland )London n (genitive Londons )
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London (thecapital city of theUnited Kingdom ; thecapital city ofEngland )