Definition of City of London

1. Noun. The part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London.

Exact synonyms: The City
Generic synonyms: Center, Centre, Eye, Heart, Middle
Group relationships: British Capital, Capital Of The United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Definition of City of London

1. Proper noun. area in London, England containing the financial district, usually abbreviated to '''the City'''. ¹

2. Proper noun. the site of the original Roman Londinium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of City Of London

Citrus limonia
Citrus maxima
Citrus medica
Citrus nobilis
Citrus paradisi
Citrus reticulata
Citrus sinensis
Citrus tangelo
Citta del Vaticano
City
City That Never Sleeps
City of Bridges
City of Brotherly Love
City of God
City of Light
City of London (current term)
City of Westminster
City of the Angels
Ciudad Juarez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Trujillo
Ciudad Victoria
Ciudad de Mexico
Civatte's disease
Civatte bodies
Civil List
Civil Rights movement
Civil War
Civinini's canal
Civinini's ligament

Literary usage of City of London

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow, Henry Morley (1890)
"... anfr " THE city of London (saith Fitzstephen) hath in the east a very ... city of London ..."

2. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
"The new Tory Ministry, which had displaced Godolphin, was actually negotiating with France; and yet the City of London made preparations for greeting ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"Copies in the British Mu^um; City of London ; Inner Temple library, ... A copy in the City of London library. Privately reprinted in 1835 by Mr. Newberry, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It has already been seen that the extent of the city of London, ... The City of London was very slightly affect«! by the Act and is still governed by the ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"Г. CI pv 66 A declaration of the Lord Maior [sic] aldermen and Commons of the City of London, in Common Councell assembled. London: R. Cotes, printer, ..."

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