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london

Lon·don
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [luhn-duh n]
    • /ˈlʌn dən/
    • /ˈlʌndən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhn-duh n]
    • /ˈlʌn dən/

Definitions of london word

  • noun london the largest division of the United Kingdom, constituting, with Scotland and Wales, the island of Great Britain. 50,327 sq. mi. (130,347 sq. km) Capital: London. 1
  • noun london capital city of the UK 1
  • noun london in or from London 1
  • noun london the capital of the United Kingdom, a port in S England on the River Thames near its estuary on the North Sea: consists of the City (the financial quarter), the West End (the entertainment and major shopping centre), the East End (the industrial and former dock area), and extensive suburbs 0
  • noun london a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River: University of Western Ontario (1878). Pop: 337 318 (2001) 0
  • noun london Jack, full name John Griffith London. 1876–1916, US novelist, short-story writer, and adventurer. His works include Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904), The Iron Heel (1907), and the semiautobiographical John Barleycorn (1913) 0
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Parts of speech for London

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london popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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  • haymarket

    a famous London market 1644–1830.

  • londonesque

    resembling or characteristic of London, England.

  • scotland yard

    a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).

  • bloomsbury

    a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices

  • drury lane

    a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.

  • estuary english

    a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
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