London

Etymology

From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, a borrowing from Latin Londīnium.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lŭn'dən, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌn.dən/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndən

Proper noun

London

1. The capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.
2. A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
3. A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
4. A city in Ohio, US, the county seat of Madison County, with a population of approximately 9,000.
5. A city in Kentucky, US, and the county seat of Laurel County, with a population of approximately 8,000.
6. A city in Arkansas, US, with a population of approximately 900.
7. A city in California, US, with a population of approximately 1,800.
8. A community in Texas, US, with a population of approximately 180.
9. A community in West Virginia, US.
10. A settlement in Kiribati, on Easter Island.
11. A habitational surname​. for someone from London.
12. (rare) A male or female given name. transferred from the place name.
    • 2012 Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair (2013), →ISBN, page 178:

      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.

See also

• the City
• Cockney
• Londonshire

References

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Donlon, nonold

Proper noun

London

1. London (city)

Proper noun

London

1. London (city)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)

Proper noun

London n (genitive Londons)

1. London (city)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlondon]
• Hyphenation: Lon‧don

Proper noun

London

1. London

Alternative forms

• Lundon, Londun, Londoun, Lunden

Etymology

From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londīnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlundən/

Proper noun

London

1. London (the capital of England)

Proper noun

London

1. London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

Proper noun

London

1. London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.

Proper noun

London f

1. London (a city in Ontario, Canada)
2. (relatively rare) London (the capital city of England)

   Synonym: Londres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒndoːn/
• Hyphenation: Lon‧don

Proper noun

Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)

1. London

Proper noun

London

1. London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom

Proper noun

London

1. London