| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 5,178,473,743 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
London |
Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
London [ˈlʌndən] n 1. (Placename) 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 Latin name Londinium See also City 2. (Placename) Greater. the administrative area of London, consisting of the City of London and 32 boroughs (13 Inner London boroughs and 19 Outer London boroughs): formed in 1965 from the City, parts of Surrey, Kent, Essex, and Hertfordshire, and almost all of Middlesex: a Mayor of London and a London Assembly took office in 2000. Pop.: 7 172 036 (2001). Area: 1579 sq. km (610 sq. miles) 3. (Placename) a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River: University of Western Ontario (1878). Pop.: 325 646 (1996) London2 n (Biographies / London, Jack (1876-1916) M, US, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: adventurer) 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) Lon•don (ˈlʌn dən) n. 1. Jack (John Griffith Chaney), 1876–1916, U.S. novelist. 2. a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. 3. City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus of the modern metropolis. 4700; 1 sq. mi. (3 sq. km). 4. County of, a former administrative county comprising the City of London and 28 metropolitan boroughs, now part of Greater London. 5. Greater, an urban area comprising the city of London and 32 metropolitan boroughs. 6,967,500; 609 sq. mi. (1575 sq. km). 6. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada. 303,165.
Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
London noun Quotations "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford" [Dr. Johnson] "London: a nation, not a city" [Benjamin Disraeli] "London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet] "city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty" [John Milton Areopagitica] Translations London [ˈlʌndən] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|