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Definition of London

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center.

2. Noun. United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916).

Definition of London

1. n. The capital city of England.

Definition of London

1. Proper noun. 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. ¹

2. Proper noun. A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000. ¹

3. Proper noun. A city in Ohio, USA, with a population of approximately 9,000. ¹

4. Proper noun. A city in Kentucky, USA, with a population of approximately 8,000. ¹

5. Proper noun. A city in Arkansas, USA, with a population of approximately 900. ¹

6. Proper noun. A city in California, USA, with a population of approximately 1,800. ¹

7. Proper noun. A community in Texas, USA, with a population of approximately 180. ¹

8. Proper noun. A community in West Virginia, USA. ¹

9. Proper noun. A settlement in Kiribati, on Easter Island. ¹

10. Proper noun. A habitational surname for someone from London ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of London

1. The capital city of England. London paste, a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; used as a caustic to destroy tumours and other morbid enlargements. London pride. A cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of London

lomenta lomentaceous loments lomentum lomentums lomes lomilomi loming lomonite lomonosovite

lompish lomustine lonafarnib lonco loncos london london dispersion forces londonite lone lone(a)

lone gunman lone hand lone it lone pair lone wolf lonecreekite lonelier loneliest lonelily loneliness

Literary usage of London

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

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Discourses on the Apocalypse, London, 1911. A. Merx, Das Evangelium des ... JR Cohu, St. Paul in the Light of Modern Research, New York and London, 1911. ..."

2. Sources of English History of the Seventeenth Century, 1603-1689, in the by James Thayer Gerould, University of Minnesota Libraries (1921)
"London, 1889-93. 5 v- PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. Calendar of state papers, Committee for ... London, 1856-72. 12 vv 8-1a. (1603-1625) X23- PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. ..."

3. The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt (1859)
"Its origin according to the fabulous writers and poets—First historical mention of it—Its names — British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman London—General progress ..."

4. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1904)
"London. [THE area included under London is that of the administrative county created by the Local Government Act of 1888. This Act formed certain portions ..."

5. The Reminiscences of a Very Old Man, 1808-1897 by John Sartain (1899)
"CHAPTER I London— to •HE London of my earliest recollection, ... So now to begin, let us ignore the London of to-day and substitute a few glimpses of the ..."

6. Memoirs of Archbishop Temple by Ernest Grey Sandford (1906)
"CHAPTER I BREAKING GROUND IN London Bishop Jackson's death and episcopate — Enthronement and earliest functions—Election of rural deans—Primary conference ..."

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