London
English
Etymology
From Middle English London, from Old English Lunden, a borrowing from Latin Londīnium.
Pronunciation
- enPR: lŭn'dən, IPA(key): /ˈlʌn.dən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndən
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 13,000,000.
- A former administrative county of England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.
- A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.
- A city in Ohio, US, the county seat of Madison County, with a population of approximately 9,000.
- A city in Kentucky, US, and the county seat of Laurel County, with a population of approximately 8,000.
- A city in Arkansas, US, with a population of approximately 900.
- A city in California, US, with a population of approximately 1,800.
- A community in Texas, US, with a population of approximately 180.
- A community in West Virginia, US.
- 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, 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, page 178:
Synonyms
- (in the United Kingdom): the Big Smoke, Eine, the Great Wen, Londongrad, Londonistan, Rum-ville, the Smoke
Derived terms
- City of London
- East London
- Greater London
- London Bridge
- London broil
- Londoner
- Londonese
- Londongrad
- Londonish
- Londonism
- Londonistan
- Londonize
- London moment
- London paste
- Londonphile
- London plane
- London pride
- London rocket
- Londonshire
- London smoke
- London tuft
- London Underground
- Londonward
- London weighting
- Multicultural London English
- New London
- Tower of London
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
References
- 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Danish
Estonian
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/ (most common)
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndn̩/ (particularly Swiss; also elsewhere, but often perceived as affected)
Audio (file)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlondon]
- Hyphenation: Lon‧don
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Lundon, Londun, Londoun, Lunden
Etymology
From Old English Lunden, from Latin Londīnium, further etymology disputed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlundən/
References
- “Lǒndon (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǒndoːn/
- Hyphenation: Lon‧don
Declension
Declension of London
singular | |
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nominative | Lòndōn |
genitive | Londóna |
dative | Londónu |
accusative | Lòndōn |
vocative | Lȍndōne |
locative | Londónu |
instrumental | Londónom |
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔndɔn/
Tatar
Declension
declension of London
Nominative | London |
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Genitive | Londonnıñ |
Dative | Londonga |
Accusative | Londonnı |
Locative | Londonda |
Ablative | Londondan |
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