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- proper noun A
borough of northLondon ,England
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Examples
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You in Islington with the caviar sandwich and the achingly trendy T-shirt.
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Two men were arrested by armed police outside the house in Islington, north London, and a third was detained outside a nearby Underground station.
Muslim terrorists arrested for arson attack at publisher’s home 2008
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Today I spotted this sign at a Tesco's grocery store in Islington, London -- it might just be the single stupidest salvo in the war on terror to date, courtesy of the London Metropolitan Police:
Boing Boing 2008
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St. Gabriels is in Islington Township, and although no other famous men are buried there, Islington Township is where Senator Bonwiller was born and where he lived until ambition moved him along: I suppose it must have been his wish that he rest there in the end.
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When I used to walk to the Tube in Islington, I passed five recent murder sites and the “radical” Finsbury Park Mosque, where a cache of arms was found.
Archive 2008-01-06 Newmania 2008
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“In My Name,” the first full-length play by Steven Hevey and a recent West End transfer after a sold-out run at the Old Red Lion pub in Islington, sorts out these questions before ending in gunfire.
London Theater Journal: A Subversive Road to a Public Tragedy - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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This 3-bedroom apartment in the Highbury area in the London Borough of Islington is being offered for rent at £1,000 per week.
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When I used to walk to the Tube in Islington, I passed five recent murder sites and the “radical” Finsbury Park Mosque, where a cache of arms was found.
Another Letter Another Rejection Newmania 2008
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“In My Name,” the first full-length play by Steven Hevey and a recent West End transfer after a sold-out run at the Old Red Lion pub in Islington, sorts out these questions before ending in gunfire.
London Theater Journal: A Subversive Road to a Public Tragedy - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Sure enough, in Islington, they were due for a further 13000 units in what was already a basket case Borough and the most crowded in Britain.
Housing 2 ( Sub Letting ) Newmania 2008
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