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I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.
George Best

Meaning of "London" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONDON

London  [ˈlʌndən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONDON

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adjective
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
London is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LONDON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

London

London

London i/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.[5] It is the most populous region, urban zone and metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.[6] London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its 1.12-square-mile mediaeval boundaries and in 2011 had a resident population of 7,375, making it the smallest city in England. Since at least the 19th century, the term London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core.[7] The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region[8] and the Greater London administrative area,[9][note 1] governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.[10] London is a leading global city,[11][12] with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence.

Definition of London in the English dictionary

The definition of London in the dictionary is a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River: University of Western Ontario. Pop: 337 318.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONDON


abandon
əˈbændən
Blunden
ˈblʌndən
bounden
ˈbaʊndən
clarendon
ˈklærəndən
keeshonden
ˈkeɪsˌhɒndən
linden
ˈlɪndən
quarenden
ˈkwɒrəndən
Rwandan
rʊˈændən
Sarandon
ˈsærəndən
sindon
ˈsɪndən
Swindon
ˈswɪndən
tendon
ˈtɛndən
Ugandan
juːˈɡændən
undern
ˈʌndən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONDON

Lombok
Lombrosian
Lombroso
lomein
loment
lomenta
lomentaceous
lomentum
Lomond
Lomu
Londinium
London Bridge
London Eye
London plane
London pride
London rocket
Londonderry
Londoner
Londonistan
Londrina

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONDON

Abingdon
Achilles tendon
Armageddon
bidon
cordon
Croydon
don
East London
Gordon
Greater London
Huntingdon
I beg your pardon
Outer London
pardon
Poseidon
radon
Tower of London
udon
Weldon
Wimbledon

Synonyms and antonyms of London in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «London» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONDON

Find out the translation of London to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of London from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «London» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伦敦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Londres
570 millions of speakers

English

London
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंदन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَنْدَنْ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лондон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Londres
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লণ্ডন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Londres
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

London
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

London
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ロンドン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

런던
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

London
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Luân Đôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லண்டன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लंडन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Londra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Londra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Londyn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Лондон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Londra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λονδίνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

London
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

London
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

London
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of London

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONDON»

The term «London» is very widely used and occupies the 1.417 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of London
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONDON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «London» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «London» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about London

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10 QUOTES WITH «LONDON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word London.
1
Ken Adam
Remember, the early '60s in London was something - which must have been like Berlin in the '30s when the arts flourished. You didn't have the differences in class, and so on.
2
John Amery
It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.
3
Richard C. Armitage
I have been to the theater more since I have lived in New York than I ever really did in London working on a television show.
4
Jonas Armstrong
I live in Sheffield, and most auditions are in London, meaning I'm normally a bag of nerves on the train to London because you have all that time to think.
5
Hayley Atwell
The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.
6
Lionel Barber
There is no conflict between best in British class and being a global newspaper. We are an international newspaper rooted in the City of London, and I think people understand that. The 'FT' stands out as a global niche product.
7
Samuel Barnett
I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky living in London that you can do all that - in New York and L.A., there's more of a structure for film in L.A. and theatre in New York. In London, our industry is smaller, but it produces brilliant work all in one place.
8
Natasha Bedingfield
My family comes from New Zealand, but I'm a London girl. I was born and raised in London, but I've got the blood of a New Zealander, so I always kind of felt like I didn't belong - in a good way.
9
George Best
I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.
10
Billy Bragg
In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn't understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONDON»

Discover the use of London in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to London and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
London
An abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London, published to coincide with the London Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee.
Peter Ackroyd, 2012
2
London
The triumphs and failures of seven individual family clans span the history of a city from the third-century Roman occupation of Londinium through such eras as the Norman conquest and the Elizabethan period London Rutherfurd provides more ...
Edward Rutherfurd, 1997
3
London: A Social History
Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
Roy Porter, 1998
4
London: Bread and Circuses
Explores London s Millennial follies and asks how and where London might now channel its energies.
Jonathan Glancey, 2003
5
London: After a Fashion
A look at style and urbanism, offering a reconsideration of the role of fashion in city life and filling in overlooked gaps in the history of London and modern design.
Alistair O'Neill, 2007
6
London: Rugby League's Lost Heartland
This is the story of one of these attempts when it attempted, and very nearly succeeded, to establish itself in the Capital. The 1930s was the decade to try and break into London.
Richard Pitchfork, 2010
7
In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature
In Darkest London is a full-length study of the Victorian Urban Gothic, a pervasive mode that appears not only in straightforward novels of terror but also in the works of mainstream authors.
Jamieson Ridenhour, 2013
8
Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, ...
'Queer London' explores the underground gay culture of London during four decades when homosexual acts between consenting adults remained illegal.
Matt Houlbrook, 2006
9
London: A Cultural History
This book has been written for those who, knowing London, know that it is too vast, too complex, too elusive ever to be fully known but yet would like to know it better still.
Richard Tames, 2006
10
London
Explores the history, cultural heritage, demographics, geography, and economic and natural resources of London.
James Edwin Davis, Sharryl Hawke, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONDON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term London is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Girl, 5, dies in playground accident in east London | UK news | The …
She was taken to the Royal London hospital, where she died at 6.43pm. The girl's mother, Vida Kwotuah, told the London Evening Standard ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Tribeca buys remaining stake in £1bn London portfolio
Selfridges, Oxford Street, London. Tribeca's property is located close to the shop. Tribeca appoints Rothschild to act for London property ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
UD student critically hurt in London train accident | DAYTON News …
UPDATE @ 7:34 p.m.: The London Telegraph is reporting that the 18-year-old University of Dayton student, who suffered head injuries when ... «WHIO, Jul 15»
4
Labour London mayoral hustings: David Lammy puts focus on …
MP for Tottenham and five other would-be mayoral candidates answer questions at event hosted by the Guardian at newspaper's London office. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Irish-led Tribeca Holdings buys remaining stake in £1bn London
Selfridges, Oxford Street, London. Tribeca's property is located close to the shop. Tribeca appoints Rothschild to act for London property ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Terence Stamp: English is a foreign language in London | Film | The …
“When I grew up in East London everyone seemed to speak English, and ... that God knows what London will be like in another decade or so.” ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
The family-run cafe that's out-ranking London's world famous …
A north London cafe, where a meal costs less than £10, has beaten some of the city's more famous restaurants to take top spot on Trip Advisor's ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
8
Feast London: the new delivery service that brings restaurant food to …
Every foodie dreads suffering from a grumbling stomach at 3am in London, knowing that the only options are the local kebab shop or the ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
9
London should have same tax-raising powers as Holyrood …
Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, says London should also have devolved control over the housing market and property taxes, the health ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Packers president: Jaguars owner 'reluctant' to move game to London
Despite last week's report that named the Packers as the likely opponent in the Jaguars "home" game in London next season, new information ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

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