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Webster 1913 Edition
London
Lon′don
,Noun.
The capital city of England.
London paste
(Med.)
, a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; – used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements.
– London pride
. (Bot.)
(a)
A garden name for
Saxifraga umbrosa
, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b)
A name anciently given to the Sweet William.
Dr. Prior.
– London rocket
(Bot.)
, a cruciferous plant (
Sisymbrium Irio
) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.Definition 2024
London
London
English
Proper noun
London
- 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 12,000,000.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
- A city in Ohio, USA, with a population of approximately 9,000.
- A city in Kentucky, USA, with a population of approximately 8,000.
- A city in Arkansas, USA, with a population of approximately 900.
- A city in California, USA, with a population of approximately 1,800.
- A community in Texas, USA, with a population of approximately 180.
- A community in West Virginia, USA.
- A settlement in Kiribati, on Easter Island.
- A habitational surname. for someone from London.
- (rare) A male or female given name transferred from the place name.
- 2012 Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair (2013), ISBN 9781472108166, 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.
- 2012 Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair (2013), ISBN 9781472108166, page 178:
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
in the United Kingdom
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in Canada
of, from or pertaining to London in the UK
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See also
- the City
- Cockney
- Londonshire
Statistics
Anagrams
References
- 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198527586
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)
Proper noun
London n (genitive Londons)
- London (city)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlondon]
- Hyphenation: Lon‧don
Proper noun
London
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | London | Londonok |
| accusative | Londont | Londonokat |
| dative | Londonnak | Londonoknak |
| instrumental | Londonnal | Londonokkal |
| causal-final | Londonért | Londonokért |
| translative | Londonná | Londonokká |
| terminative | Londonig | Londonokig |
| essive-formal | Londonként | Londonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Londonban | Londonokban |
| superessive | Londonon | Londonokon |
| adessive | Londonnál | Londonoknál |
| illative | Londonba | Londonokba |
| sublative | Londonra | Londonokra |
| allative | Londonhoz | Londonokhoz |
| elative | Londonból | Londonokból |
| delative | Londonról | Londonokról |
| ablative | Londontól | Londonoktól |
| Possessive forms of London | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Londonom | Londonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Londonod | Londonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Londonja | Londonjai |
| 1st person plural | Londonunk | Londonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Londonotok | Londonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Londonjuk | Londonjaik |
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǒndoːn/
- Hyphenation: Lon‧don
Proper noun
Lòndōn m (Cyrillic spelling Ло̀ндо̄н)
Declension
Declension of London
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lòndōn |
| genitive | Londóna |
| dative | Londónu |
| accusative | Lòndōn |
| vocative | Lȍndōne |
| locative | Londónu |
| instrumental | Londónom |
Tatar
Proper noun
London
Declension
declension of London
| Nominative | London |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Londonnıñ |
| Dative | Londonga |
| Accusative | Londonnı |
| Locative | Londonda |
| Ablative | Londondan |