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London
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English
en
en <dab!>
London
thumb|The Palace of Westminster, London, England
Etymology
en :inh enm:Londoun 1
From en enm Londoun, from en ang Lunden, from en cel-pro - via en la Londinium – see for details. en Londinium.
Pronunciation
lŭn'dən, en /ˈlʌn.dən/
dialectal lŭ'nən, en /ˈlʌ.nən/
en /ˈlʊn.dən/ Northern England
en En-uk-London.ogg UK
en ʌndən 2
Proper noun
~ s
en Q84en capital city c/United Kingdom ; capital city cc/England within co/Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
en 2022-10-12 w:Bernardine Evaristo Read Your Way Through London w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/books/london-books-bernardine-evaristo.html 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, many Londons for writers to explore. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511230432/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/books/london-books-bernardine-evaristo.html
en former administrative county cc/England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
en metonymically The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as en Westminster.
en city in southwestern p/Ontario c/Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
en small agricultural village commune:pref/Savigny-sur-Seille dept/Saône-et-Loire r:suf/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France.
en village atoll:suf/Kiritimati c/Kiribati.
en Derek A. Scott A DIRECTORY OF WETLANDS IN OCEANIA http://archive.wetlands.org/Portals/0/publications/Report/WI_DIR-Oceania_1993.pdf 1993 188 w:Wetlands International The principal economic activity is copra production, the Government copra plantation covering some 5,170 ha. The population in 1989 was estimated at 2,000, the great majority of whom live in London, Banana and Poland villages in the west. https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210238/http://archive.wetlands.org/Portals/0/publications/Report/WI_DIR-Oceania_1993.pdf
en urban neighborhood city:pref/Belgrade c/Serbia.
Several places in the United States:
en small city co/Pope County s/Arkansas, with a population of approximately 900.
en CDP co/Tulare County s/California, with a population of approximately 1,800.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Moral co/Shelby County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Laurel County s/Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Monroe County s/Michigan.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota.
en city/county seat co/Madison County s/Ohio, with a population of approximately 9,000.
en ucomm co/Kimble County s/Texas, with a population of approximately 180.
en ucomm co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm co/Dane County,Jefferson County s/Wisconsin.
en habitational for someone from London.
en rare en unisex place names.
en 2012 w:Louise Erdrich The Round House 178 Corsair 2013 9781472108166 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 to London.
Synonyms
en in the United Kingdom the Big Smoke Eine the Great Wen Londongrad Londonistan Moscow-on-Thames Rum-ville the Smoke
Derived terms
en London Town Londonderry Londonesque Londonful Londoniana Londonite londonite Londonization Londonwards Londonwide Londony Loxbridge Londoner Londonese Londongrad Londonish Londonism Londonistan Londonize Londonphile Londonshire Londonward Central London City of London County of London East London Greater London Inner London Little London London Bridge London broil London bus London-centric London City London Colney London dispersion force London Fields London fog London Grove London Lakes London moment London paste London plane London pride London rocket London sink London smoke London to a brick London tuft London Underground London weighting London-by-the-sea London-on-sea Lord Mayor of London Multicultural London English (MLE) New London Outer London Tower of London NyLon Nylonkong
Descendants
zh 倫敦 1
nb London 1
Translations
Proper noun
See also
en the City Cockney
References
I 7.72 222
en 2003 A. D. Mills A Dictionary of British Place-Names Oxford University Press 0198527586
Report on the Kiribati 2015 Census of Population and Housing
Further reading
London
London
Anagrams
en dlnnoo Donlon nonold
en Places in Greater London, England
en metonyms
Azerbaijani
az:
Proper noun
az proper noun
az London Q84
Danish
da:
Proper noun
da proper noun
da London Q84
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /lɔndə(n)/
Proper noun
n
nl city in southwestern p/Ontario c/Canada London
Usage notes
The city in England, capital of England and the United Kingdom, is invariably named nl Londen in Dutch. The spelling “London” is used for other cities, such as London, Ontario.
Estonian
et:
Proper noun
et proper noun
et London Q84
Faroese
fo:
Proper noun
fo proper noun ?
fo London Q84
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /ˈlɔndɔn/ most common
de /ˈlɔndn̩/ particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected
de De-London.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de London Q84
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Lon don
hu on 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu London Q84
Declension
Londono o - sgLondon j jai sg
Derived terms
hu londoni
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Londoun
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
250px|thumb|The City of London viewed from the balcony at City Hall.
Etymology
nb ine-pro *lendʰ- land
From nb en London, from nb enm London London, from nb ang Lunden London, a borrowing from nb la Londinium London, likely from nb cel-pro *Londinjon place that floods, from nb ine-pro *lendʰ- to sink; subdue - see the Latin entry for details.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈlɔndɔn/
nb nb-london.ogg
nb ɔn
nb Lon don
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb capital city c/United Kingdom ; capital city cc/England London 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.
nb former administrative county cc/England London, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
nb figuratively The government of the United Kingdom.
nb city in southwestern p/Ontario c/Canada London, with a population of approximately 300,000.
nb small agricultural village commune:pref/Savigny-sur-Seille dept/Saône-et-Loire r:suf/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France London
nb village atoll:suf/Kiritimati c/Kiribati London
nb urban neighborhood city:pref/Belgrade c/Serbia London
Several places in the United States:
nb small city co/Pope County s/Arkansas c/USA London, with a population of approximately 900.
nb CDP co/Tulare County s/California c/USA London
nb unincorporated community twp/Moral Township co/Shelby County s/Indiana c/USA London
nb city/county seat co/Laurel County s/Kentucky c/USA London, with a population of approximately 8,000.
nb unincorporated community co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota c/USA London
nb city/county seat co/Madison County s/Ohio c/USA London, with a population of approximately 9,000.
nb small city s/California c/USA London, with a population of approximately 1,800.
nb unincorporated community co/Kimble County s/Texas c/USA London, with a population of approximately 180.
nb unincorporated community co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia c/USA London
nb unincorporated community co/Dane County,Jefferson County s/Wisconsin c/USA London
Derived terms
nb londoner londonsk londonbasar londonkraft Stor-London
References
“London” in Store norske leksikon
“London (Canada)” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn London Q84
Derived terms
nn londonar
nn Stor-London
Portuguese
Proper noun
pt city p/Ontario c/Canada London
pt rare pt Londres
Serbo-Croatian
sh:
Pronunciation
sh /lǒndoːn/
sh Lon don
Proper noun
Lòndōn m-in
sh London Q84
Declension
Lòndōn Londóna Londónu Lòndōn Lȍndōne Londónu Londónom
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Lóndon
Proper noun
Lóndon m-in
sl London Q84
Declension
Lóndon sg
Derived terms
sl Lóndončan / sl Lóndončanka
sl lóndonski
References
Swedish
sv:
Pronunciation
sv /ˈlɔndɔn/
Proper noun
n
sv London Q84
Derived terms
sv londonsk
sv Storlondon
Tatar
Proper noun
proper noun l
tt London Q84
Declension
nıñ ga nı da dan
Uzbek
uz:
Proper noun
uz proper noun
uz London Q84