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London
- /ˈlʌn.dən/
- /ˈlʌ.nən/ dialectal
- /ˈlʊn.dən/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌndən
Where it comes from
From Middle English Londoun, from Old English Lunden, from Proto-Celtic via Latin Londinium – see for details. Doublet of Londinium.
proper noun Londons
- The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000. An eccentric city with a live-and-let-live vibe, London is a place where people can be free to be themselves, find the communities to which they belong and write whatever they want. There are, in a sense, many Londons for writers to explore.
- A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- The government of the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Westminster.
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- A habitational surname for someone from London.
- A unisex given name transferred from the place name. 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.
Similar: Eine, Londongrad, Londonistan, Moscow-on-Thames, Rum-ville, the Big Smoke, the Great Wen, the Smoke
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: greater london, british capital, birmingham, brighton, basingstoke, boston, holyhead, derry, toronto, lund, kingston, paris, leiden, heathrow, tokyo, frankfurt
proper noun
Similar: Eine, Londongrad, Londonistan, Moscow-on-Thames, Rum-ville, the Big Smoke, the Great Wen, the Smoke
Translations
Every language
name capital of England and United Kingdom
| Español | Londres |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 런던 Reondeon |
| 日本語 | ロンドン Rondon |
| 中文 | 倫敦 /伦敦 Lúndūn |
| हिन्दी | लंदन landan |
| Kiswahili | London |
| Português | Londres |
| Français | Londres |
| Deutsch | London |
| Italiano | Londra |
| Ελληνικά | Λονδίνο Londíno |
| Română | Londra |
| Русский | Ло́ндон Lóndon |
| Tiếng Việt | Luân Đôn, Lôn-đôn |
| العربية | لَنْدَن landan, اَللُّنْدُنَة al-lundona, لُنْدْرَة lundra, لُنْدُن lundun |
| עברית | לוֹנְדּוֹן lóndon |
name of, from or pertaining to London in the UK
| Español | londinense, de Londres |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 런던 Reondeon |
| Português | londrino, de Londres |
| Français | londonien, de Londres |
| Deutsch | Londoner, londonisch |
| Italiano | londinese, di Londra |
| Ελληνικά | λονδρέζικος londrézikos |
| Русский | ло́ндонский lóndonskij |
Talk about this word "London." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/london. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. London. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/london "London." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/london.Cite this
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title = {London},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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