Big Ben

English thumb|upright|Elizabeth Tower, popularly called Big Ben (en Q41225) Etymology Disputed, possibly after Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after English boxer Ben Caunt. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Big Ben.wav Southern England Proper noun Big Ben en Q37733713 The hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower (formerly known as the Clock Tower), adjacent to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, United Kingdom. en Great Clock US 71 The sound of Big Ben striking the half-hour struck out between them with extraordinary vigour, as if a young man, strong, indifferent, inconsiderate, were swinging dumb-bells this way and that. en Q41225 en metonymy The clock tower itself. en 2015 Dorothea Benton Frank Carolina Girls He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben. Usage notes The name Big Ben originally referred to the bell, but is now almost invariably used for the London landmark itself. The landmark is officially called Elizabeth Tower. Descendants 2 desc ar 1 بِيج بِن بِيغ بِن hy 1 Բիգ Բեն az 1 Biq Ben be 1 Біг-Бен bn 1 বিগ বেন bg 1 Биг Бен cmn 1 大本鐘<tr:Dà Běn zhōng> nl 1 Big Ben fr 1 Big Ben ka 1 ბიგ-ბენი de 1 Big Ben el 1 Μπιγκ Μπεν he 1 ביג בן hi 1 बिग बेन is 1 Big Ben ja 1 ビッグ・ベン<tr:Biggu Ben> ビッグベン<tr:Bigguben> kn 1 ಬಿಗ್ ಬೆನ್ kk 1 Биг Бен ko 1 ^빅 벤 lv 1 Bigbens lt 1 Didysis Benas mk 1 Биг Бен ml 1 ബിഗ് ബെൻ mr 1 बिग बेन fa 1 بیگ بن big ben ru 1 Биг-Бен sh 1 Биг Бен es 1 Big Ben sv 1 Big Ben ta 1 பிக் பென் tt 1 Биг-Бен te 1 బిగ్ బెన్ th 1 บิ๊กเบน bík bayn uk 1 Біг-Бе́н ur 1 بگ بین big ben Translations the hour bell in London Arabic: ar بِيج بِن m, ar بِيغ بِن m Armenian: hy Բիգ Բեն Azerbaijani: az Biq Ben Belarusian: be Біг-Бе́н m Bengali: bn বিগ বেন Bulgarian: bg Биг Бе́н m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大本鐘 Dà Běn zhōng, cmn 大笨鐘 Dutch: nl Big Ben n Finnish: fi Big Ben French: fr Big Ben m Georgian: ka ბიგ-ბენი German: de Big Ben m Greek: el Μπιγκ Μπεν Hebrew: he ביג בן m big ben Hindi: hi बिग बेन Icelandic: is Big Ben, is Klukkuturn Westminsterhallar Japanese: ja ビッグ・ベン Biggu Ben, ja ビッグベン Bigguben Kannada: kn ಬಿಗ್ ಬೆನ್ Kazakh: kk Биг Бен Korean: ko ^빅 벤 Latvian: lv Bigbens m Lithuanian: lt Didysis Benas m Macedonian: mk Биг Бе́н m Malayalam: ml ബിഗ് ബെൻ Marathi: mr बिग बेन Persian: fa بیگ بن big ben Portuguese: pt Big Ben m Russian: ru Биг-Бе́н m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Биг Бен m Spanish: es Big Ben m Swedish: sv Big Ben Tamil: ta பிக் பென் Tatar: tt Биг-Бен Telugu: te బిగ్ బెన్ Thai: th บิ๊กเบน bík bayn Ukrainian: uk Біг-Бе́н m Urdu: ur بگ بین big ben Anagrams en bbegin ebbing en London Nicknames French fr: Etymology fr :bor en:Big Ben fr en Big Ben. Pronunciation big_ benne fr fr-Big Ben.ogg Paris Proper noun m 1 fr Q37733713 en Big Ben Q37733713 the hour bell in London fr Q41225 fr metonymy en Big Ben Q41225 the clocktower itself fr London Nicknames German de: Etymology de :bor en:Big Ben de en Big Ben. Proper noun m 1 de Q37733713 en Big Ben Q37733713 the hour bell in London de Q41225 de metonymy en Big Ben Q41225 the clocktower itself Declension m de London Nicknames Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :ubor en:Big Ben + 1 Pronunciation bighi* bem big bênn Proper noun m 1 pt Q37733713 en Big Ben Q37733713 the hour bell in London pt Q41225 pt metonymy en Big Ben Q41225 the clocktower itself pt London Nicknames Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Big Ben + 1 Pronunciation big bén Proper noun m 1 es Q37733713 en Big Ben Q37733713 the hour bell in London es Q41225 es metonymy en Big Ben Q41225 the clocktower itself es London Nicknames en eponyms