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Definition of Greater London
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center.
Terms within: Big Ben, Newgate, Tower Of London, Old Bailey, Fleet Street, Harley Street, Lombard Street, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, City Of London, The City, Greenwich, Bloomsbury, Soho, Wembley, West End, City Of Westminster, Westminster, Pall Mall, Wimbledon
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: England
Member holonyms: Londoner
Derivative terms: Londoner
Definition of Greater London
1. Proper noun. An administrative area combining the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater London
Literary usage of Greater London
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"This body, the Greater London Council, would be a planning authority and a traffic
authority for the Greater London area and would be the highway authority ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"The area of the county of London is contained within the larger area of " Greater
London," which is the name given by the Registrar-General to the area ..."
3. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Between 1805 and 1855 the population of greater London Growth of swelled from a
million to two millions and a half ; 5 and be- London ; tween 1855 and 1891 ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1884)
"GP Putnam's Sons, Wett 23d St. 1884. f Greater London; a narrative of its history,
its people, and its places. 87 Edward Walford, MA Illustrated with ..."
5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1884)
"Greater London! is the title of a very charming illustrated book published by
... GP Putnam's Sons, Weil 23d St. 1884. f Greater London; a narrative of its ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The population of Greater London by the census of 1901 was ... of certain census
returns for Greater London and its chief component parts, namely, the City, ..."
7. Municipal Ownership in Great Britain by Hugo Richard Meyer (1906)
"CHAPTER X Greater London* SHORTLY after the Tramways Act, 1870, was passed,
companies applied for charters for tramways in 93 miles of street of ..."
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