London

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • capital city United Kingdom (country) ; capital city England (constituent country). Situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
  • former administrative county England (constituent country), created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
  • The government of the United Kingdom.
  • city in southwestern Ontario (province) Canada (country), with a population of approximately 300,000.
  • small (agricultural) village commune:pref, Savigny-sur-Seille Saône-et-Loire (department) r:suf, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France (country).
  • village atoll:suf, Kiritimati Kiribati (country).
  • urban neighborhood city:pref, Belgrade Serbia (country).
  • Several places in the United States:
  • for someone from London.
  • A given name from place names.

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Origin

  • From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium - see for details.

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