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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, on the Thames River in southeast England. Greater London consists of 32 boroughs surrounding the City of London, built on the site of a Roman outpost named Londinium. Its growth as an important trade center dates from 886, under the rule of Alfred the Great. Since the Elizabethan period (1558–1603) London has dominated its country's political, economic, and cultural life.
- A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, southwest of Toronto. It was settled in 1826.
- John Griffith,American writer of rugged adventure novels, including The Call of the Wild (1903) and The Sea Wolf (1904).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The capital city of England.
- noun (Med.) a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.
- noun (Bot.) A name anciently given to the Sweet William.
- noun (Bot.) a cruciferous plant (
Sisymbrium Irio ) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.
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- proper noun The capital
city of theUnited Kingdom and ofEngland , situated near the mouth of the River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 12,000,000. - proper noun A city in southwestern
Ontario ,Canada , with a population of approximately 300,000. - proper noun A city in
Ohio ,USA , with a population of approximately 9,000. - proper noun A city in
Kentucky ,USA , with a population of approximately 8,000. - proper noun A city in
Arkansas ,USA , with a population of approximately 900. - proper noun A city in
California ,USA , with a population of approximately 1,800. - proper noun A community in
Texas ,USA , with a population of approximately 180. - proper noun A community in
West Virginia ,USA . - proper noun A settlement in
Kiribati , onEaster Island . - proper noun A
habitational surname for someone from London
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
- noun the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
Etymologies
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ALPHONSO VAN MARSH, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT (on camera): I'm Alphonso Van Marsh in London and we're ready -- Paddy Power, a betting house where people usually put money on sports like football and soccer.
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I dont think this is about reducing Greenwich traffic - its about reducing traffic into central london - Greenwich gets the cash, central London gets reduced traffic so a 'better class of car' can get to work without the poor hoy-poly.
Downing Street petition against Greenwich Congestion Zone 2007
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In 1875 he began writing for the London magazines, and in 1877 was one of the founders as well as the editor of _London_.
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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Writing from memory, I think that the last case in which this torture was applied at the Old Bailey in London was in 1735, and reported in the _London Magazine_ of that year.
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I think, probable that their use must have been at least partially known in London long before that period, judging from the following extract from Gay's _Trivia, or Art of Walking the Streets of London_, published 1712: --
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We do not propose that London should be compressed into _London proper_, -- within the bills of mortality; or that its clubs should be called out on country service.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 Various
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(London, 1856); _Historical Collections of a Citizen of London_, edited by
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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London, 1830, in a note at p. 23., alludes to _London and Westminster improved, by John Gywnn,
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One of the brothers Mayhew is publishing in London, (and the Harpers are reprinting it in New-York) a serial work under the title of _London
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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January 1780 that the news of his death reached London, to be recorded in the quaint language of the day by the _London Gazette_.
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